Survival in the Bush

195430 minFilm: Documentary

Direction: Bernard Devlin

Production: Robert Anderson

A demonstration of how a little basic woodlore can save a life. In the film, an NFB producer and Algonquin guide Angus Baptiste allow themselves to be marooned in the bush with only an axe and their wits as means of survival. They eat off the land, build their own birchbark canoe, and make their way out.

Subject categories


  • Safety > Survival Methods
  • Physical Education > Outdoor Education

Credits


director
Bernard Devlin
producer
Robert Anderson
narrator
Robert Anderson
photography
Doug McKay
editing
David Mayerovitch
Angus Baptiste