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Subjects (65)
Fishing and Hunting Industries (30)

Fishing Boats (6)

  • Dan Roberts on Fishing
    Dan Roberts on Fishing
    Colin Low 1967 16 min
    Through the use of film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film looks at the success of the longliner and the problems encountered in obtaining and running it.
  • Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
    Jim Decker Builds a Longliner
    Colin Low 1967 19 min
    By using film as a catalyst for change, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film shows how one of the Islanders built a longliner (a fishing boat using long lines) with the help of his friends, overcoming the problems of financing and the lack of tools and government support.
  • The Sea Got in Your Blood
    The Sea Got in Your Blood
    David Millar 1965 27 min
    A taste of the sea and people who sail it from the ports of the Atlantic Bluenose coast. Some of the sailors seen and heard in this black and white film are famous: Bill Roue who designed the first Bluenose schooner (still on the Canadian dime) and Captain Angus Walter who brought her to victory.
  • The Story of the Up Top
    The Story of the Up Top
    Colin Low 1967 8 min
    The story of how one Fogo Island family managed to raise an old passenger boat from where it had been sitting for four years, and to renovate it for use as a fishing boat, despite lack of capital and government aid.
  • Trawler Fishermen
    Trawler Fishermen
    Martin Defalco 1966 22 min
    This short film was shot on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and shows off the new technology employed on modern fishing boats in the mid-1960s. The featured trawler is open-stern style, allowing full nets to be dragged easily from the sea then lifted to release the silvery catch into the cleaning troughs.
  • The White Ship
    The White Ship
    Hector Lemieux 1966 14 min
    Sailing ships on an open sea make an attractive sight, all the more to be valued because of their rarity. This film shows one of the Portuguese schooners that fished the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. From the moment the townsfolk turn out for the blessing of the ship and crew, to the time when the ship turns homeward with the season's catch--leaving one crewman in a Newfoundland grave--this film holds the viewer's attention on an ancient calling that will soon disappear.

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