On the Sea

196029 min 17 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: René BonnièrePierre Perrault

Script: Pierre PerraultJudith Crawley

Produced by Crawley Films Limited for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

This title is an acquisition.

Three communities at the foot of the Charlevoix cliffs, Petite-Rivière, île-aux-Coudres and Les Éboulements, practise the myriad trades of the sea. Its men are sailors, stevedores, longshoremen for the coasting trade. In winter, they becomes caulkers, carpenters and timer-cutters who will build a new vessel if required, or repair, caulk and paint the over 150 wooden schooners that ply the St. Lawrence River.

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  • Transportation > Boating and ShippingBoats

Credits


director
René Bonnière
Pierre Perrault
text
Pierre Perrault
English text
Judith Crawley
photography
Kenneth Campbell
Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
sound
Tony Betts
David Howells
sound editing
John Knight
narrator
Lloyd Bochner
music
Larry Crosley