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60 Cycles
1965
16 min
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This short documentary follows the 11th St-Laurent long-distance bicycle race held in Quebec in the summer of 1964. There, participants from 13 countries covered 2 400 km of Gaspé countryside in 12 days--a course longer than those of Italy, Belgium or Spain. With the curving landscape of this most picturesque province as backdrop, you see here a sports event where the challenge seems more personal than competitive.
This short documentary follows the 11th St-Laurent long-distance bicycle race held in Quebec in the summer of 1964. There, participants from 13 countries covered 2 400 km of Gaspé countryside in 12 days--a course longer than those of Italy, Belgium or Spain. With the curving landscape of this most picturesque province as backdrop, you see here a sports event where the challenge seems more personal than competitive.
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directorJean-Claude Labrecque
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executive producerJacques Bobet
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photographyJean-Claude LabrecqueBernard Gosselin
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soundMarcel Carrière
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editingWerner Nold
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re-recordingRon AlexanderRoger Lamoureux
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musicDonald DouglasGordon FlemingTony Romandini
Ages 15 to 17
School subjects
After viewing this feature film, students can think about what motivated directors to create filmed records of certain moments or events in the past. Then, based on that reflection, they can produce a short film immortalizing a moment or event today that would make compelling viewing for future generations as well as being important to the students behind the camera.