NFB Collection
Log Drive
195729 min 25 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Raymond Garceau
Production: David Bairstow
In words and music this 1957 film brings to the screen a great seasonal event of the Québec spruce forest--the log drive. A ballad singer comments musically on this annual spectacle. Water-borne, the vast aggregation of logs moves downstream, spurred by dynamite and sharp-tipped cant hooks, tossed and twirled by the boots of leaping men.
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Subject categories
- Forestry > Log DrivingLumberjacksQuébec
- Music > Quebec Pop Songs
- Geography > Environmental IssuesNatural Resources
- History and Citizenship Education > Quebec Society Since 1980
Credits
- director
- Raymond Garceau
- producer
- David Bairstow
- photography
- Jean Roy
- John Spotton
- Peter Kelly
- editing
- Victor Jobin
- Dennis Sawyer
- sound editing
- Kathleen Shannon
- music
- Wade Hemsworth
- singer
- Wade Hemsworth
Awards
- Fourth Prize - Category: Art FilmInternational Film Festival