James Laxer, chairman of the political science department at Atkinson College, is the host for a five-part series examining Canada's role in the changing world economy. Produced by the NFB, the series explores free trade, the rise of the Japanese economy and the challenges posed by new technology.

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity business. As a follower of Fukuzawa Yukichi, he inherited the spirit of independence, self-respect and the people. He rose up alone from the ruins of the war. It was the fight of an unconventional, stubborn old man over 70 with an indomitable will. Minister of Trade and Industry Ikeda Hayato admired Matsunaga like a father while Prime Ministers Yoshida Shigeru and Konoe Fumimaro, Shirasu Jiro (Takagawa Yuya) and others were in awe of his unfathomable passion.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck washes ashore on an island at the extreme north of the British Isles. The survivor, Victor, is restored to health by the local inhabitants but guards the secrets of his haunted past and of an evil which has found its way to this remote world, hell-bent on vengeance. So starts the dramatic and violent chain of events in which the tale of Victor’s sinister experiments gradually emerges.

A young man begins to have terrifying nightmares after visiting his obsessive uncle's automated chicken farm.

Katie Mayfield is now the mistress of Mayfield Manor. In her new world she finds herself torn between two worlds and grieves for her plain Amish life. Does Katie choose her new life or the simple heritage she left behind?

Sally Wilson's daughter Amanda is stricken with a brain tumour and each day, her condition appears to be worsening. Sally is at her wits end as to how to help her daughter and knows a life saving operation in America that she can't afford would be the answer. When the harassed single Mum is called to the office of a swish city lawyer, she never expects a life or death proposition. She’s been bequeathed £5 million! But in order to qualify for this amazing transfer of funds, Sally must first kill a man who deserves to die.

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Returning to Havre after a long and prosperous voyage, Captain Pierre Bernier looks forward to rejoining his family in Paris. He reports to his company and is chagrined to receive orders to remain in port for several days. Unable to use the safe of the steamship company, he deposits $10,000 (his share of the profits) with a local bank and places the receipt in a letter which he intends to mail to his wife. Unfortunately, Jacques Villebrun, the president of the bank in which he deposited his money, is about to decamp with the entire funds. Renaud, a clerk, discovers the flight and threatens exposure unless he receives a large share of the money. Villebrun promises him a large sum and they proceed to make their getaway. Bernier learns that the bank is unsteady, decides to withdraw his money and returns to the bank. He is murdered by Villebrun in a struggle and his body is thrown over a cliff. The clerk has meanwhile found the receipt for $10,000 and keeps it.

This series of films, written and hosted by journalist and military historian Gwynne Dyer, examines Canada's role in the international power game, its tradition of alliances with world powers, and our future role on the world stage. The series combines recent footage shot in ten countries with archival films dating back to the Boer War (1899) and interviews with noted military leaders, politicians, and frontline troops.

A former IRA operative faces the ghosts of her past in a final reckoning.