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Lacrosse
196514 min 12 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Douglas Jackson
Production: Walford HewitsonDouglas Jackson
Script: Douglas Jackson
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare.
Lacrosse, the fastest summer game in the world, is regaining popularity. Played long ago by Indigenous Peoples in what is known now as North America, lacrosse has changed little over time. The film demonstrates how the game is played, how lacrosse sticks are made by Mohawks at a Cornwall factory, and how the Canadian Lacrosse Association helps to instruct teams.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Ball GamesRacquet SportsTeam Sports
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > CraftsQuébec and OntarioSportsWomen
Credits
- writer
- Douglas Jackson
- director
- Douglas Jackson
- editor
- Douglas Jackson
- photography
- Josef Seckeresh
- original music
- Ken Campbell
- music editing
- Douglas Donald
- sound effects
- Marguerite Payette
- recording
- Ted Haley
- Ron Alexander
- Roger Lamoureux
- producer
- Walford Hewitson
- Douglas Jackson