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The Road to Gaspé
194912 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jack Olsen
Production: Jacques Bobet
Script: John K. Rooke
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Government Travel Bureau.
American youth hostellers visit Québec and explore the picturesque Gaspé peninsula. Historic Québec, Gibraltar of the St. Lawrence, provides an interesting stop-over for cyclists making an inexpensive tour of this area of Canada. Then they roll along on their bikes towards Gaspé, coming first to Cap des Rosiers lighthouse. They explore the countryside with its ancient rocks, important fisheries, famous Percé Rock, and Bonaventure Island massed with sea birds. The hostellers take a trip to the fishing grounds and to the bird sanctuary, and see the colourful ceremony of the blessing of the boats.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Cycling and MotorcyclingOutdoor activities
- Tourism > QuébecSports and Leisure
Credits
- director
- Jack Olsen
- producer
- Jacques Bobet
- script
- John K. Rooke
- camera
- Robert Humble
- sound
- Don Wellington
- editing
- Pierre Bruneau