NFB Collection
Flashpoint
197711 min 59 secFilm: Animation, Documentary
Direction: Ernie Schmidt
Production: Don WorobeyJohn Taylor
Script: Ian Slater
Two loaded supertankers colliding and setting the ocean aflame may sound like a "doomsday" script, but it's the theme of Flashpoint and it is a possibility. The film explains that there is no technology available to cope with such a disaster, and in a realistic, animated way it is a reminder of the dangers of tanker traffic in Canadian coastal waters.
Subject categories
- Transportation > BoatsWater Safety and Emergency Measures
- Environment and Conservation > Oceans, Seas and EstuariesPollution
Credits
- director
- Ernie Schmidt
- animation
- Ernie Schmidt
- producer
- Don Worobey
- executive producer
- John Taylor
- script
- Ian Slater
- camera
- Svend-Erik Eriksen
- editing
- George Johnson
- re-recording
- Barry P. Jones
- music
- Michael Conway Baker
- cast
- Ted Stidder
- Shirley Barclay
- Wayne Robson
- Joseph Golland
- Don Francks
- Ivan Horsky