NFB Collection
The Lumberjack
195529 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jean Palardy
Production: Roger BlaisNicholas Balla
Script: Alvin Goldman
The film singles out a logging cooperative formed by the men of the village of St. Camille de Bellechasse, Québec. It shows how the lumberjacks--most of them farmers using their free time in winter for substantial extra earnings--pool their efforts in a united drive to fulfill a contract for pulpwood before the spring thaw.
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Subject categories
- Forestry > LoggingLumberjacksQuébecWorking Conditions and Coops
- Work and Labour Relations > Working Conditions
Credits
- director
- Jean Palardy
- producer
- Roger Blais
- executive producer
- Nicholas Balla
- commentary
- Alvin Goldman
- photography
- Lorne C. Batchelor
- Jean Roy
- sound
- Gary O'Neil
- editing
- Victor Jobin
- Gilbert Choquette
- sound editing
- Dino Di Campo
- narrator
- Geoffrey Hogwood
- music
- Maurice Blackburn