To Sense the Wonder

198427 min 23 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Jim Turpie

Production: Jim Turpie

Script: Judith Crawley

Produced for the NFB by Crawley Films Ltd. for the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs and Parks Canada.

This title is an acquisition.

Filmed in ten of Canada's National Parks, this film deals with the evolution of the Canadian landscape and the formation of the present system of national parks. From Gros Morne in Newfoundland to Pacific Rim on the B.C. coast, and from Pointe Pelée in Ontario to Kluane in the Yukon, the spectator is shown a variety of topographical features shaped by millions of years of rain, frost, and wind. The film brings home a sobering thought: we can preserve our environment or we can destroy it.

Subject categories


  • Geography and Geology > Geological PerspectivesLandforms
  • Canada - Images of a Country > Landscapes
  • Tourism > National and Provincial Parks
  • Environment and Conservation > Parks, Reserves and Zoos

Credits


director
Jim Turpie
producer
Jim Turpie
script
Judith Crawley
photography
William H. Carrick
Tim Sale
John Walker
editing
Sally MacDonald
sound mix
Robert Leclair
narrator
Budd Knapp