Terry Fox: I Had a Dream (Found Footage 1981)

Hands up if you suddenly remember watching this as a child in elementary school (a like will suffice)

Many years ago my I saw this film in the 1st grade of elementary school. My teacher projected it from a 16mm print if memory serves. One thing I can recall distinctly, is how emotionally she (the teacher) was driven to tears. There was a poignant resonance from the Hollies song "He Ain't Heavy" which evoked my empathy. Now many years later to have stumbled upon this by happenstance and from obscurity, it touched my heart and draws a river of tears from an overwhelming nostalgia and sympathy.

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If anyone who was involved in producing and distributing this finds any issue with me publishing this on YouTube, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I am sharing this in good faith, and crediting those whose names I could find as involved in the film.

Produced and Directed by John F. Simpson
on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society.

In Association with Profile Communications Inc.;
Terry Fox Foundation.

Publisher: Profile Communications (1981)

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“There can be no reason for me to stop. No matter what pain I suffer, it is nothing compared to the pain of those who have cancer, of those who endure treatment.”
- Terry Fox

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