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Expodition: Transit strike hits Expo 67
Broadcast Date: Sept. 26, 1967
Stick out your thumb, don your walking boots, hop on a London double-decker, or hail a cab – but if you're going to Expo 67, don't bother waiting for the bus. Ever since Montreal's transit drivers walked off the job, Expo organizers have been frantically arranging other ways for visitors and staff to get to the site. This episode of Expodition goes offsite to learn how other methods of transport are filling the gap.Expodition: Transit strike hits Expo 67
• Bus and metro drivers with the Montreal Transit Commission suddenly walked off the job on the evening of Sept. 21, 1967, forcing about 100,000 Expo visitors to find other ways back to their homes and hotels.• Despite officials' fears about the strike's impact on admissions, an average of 183,000 people attended the fair on each of the strike's first four days. Typical numbers for the period would have been about 200,000.
Expodition: Transit strike hits Expo 67
Medium: Radio
Program: Expodition
Broadcast Date: Sept. 26, 1967
Guest(s): John Lewis, Anne Wigram
Announcer: Jim Robertson
Host: Bob MacGregor
Reporter: Martin Bronstein
Duration: 11:56
Photo: Library and Archives Canada
Last updated:
April 3, 2008
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This episode of Expodition highlights Coco the Clown, two puppeteers and a gang of boys who do tricks to pay for a spin on the Gyrotron at Expo 67.
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10:43
Teenagers groove to the blues and musicians with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and The Seekers chat with Expodition.
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Last updated: April 3, 2008.
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