NFB Collection
Silks and Sulkies
195011 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Pierre Petel
Production: Jack Olsen
Script: John K. Rooke
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Government Travel Bureau.
The film captures the thrill of harness racing on Prince Edward Island, with a glimpse behind the scenes at the training of a colt for this sport. We follow Bellhop's career as a pacer, from his unwilling introduction to harness through trials with a bicycle sulky to his first big race. The climax of the film comes with scenes of a mixed race of trotters and pacers at Charlottetown's Old Home Week.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > CompetitionsHorse Racing and Horsemanship
- Tourism > Prince Edward Island
Credits
- director
- Pierre Petel
- producer
- Jack Olsen
- script
- John K. Rooke
- camera
- André de Tonnancour
- sound
- Tim Wilson
- editing
- Margaret Coventry
- music
- Eldon Rathburn