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Sports and Leisure (4)

  • Island Romance
    Island Romance
    Donald Ginsberg 1957 30 min
    This short fictional film features the picturesque seaside landscape of Prince Edward Island as the setting for a summer romance between a girl from Winnipeg and a young fisherman from North Rustico, PEI. The young couple visits historic and scenic sites such as Government House in Charlottetown and Cavendish, of Green Gables fame. The film is a classic summertime romance and a nostalgic visit to the delightfully sun-soaked PEI of the past.
  • Pukaskwa National Park
    Pukaskwa National Park
    Bill Mason 1983 17 min
    This short documentary by Bill Mason explores Pukaskwa National Park on Lake Superior, providing a background of the park's geological past and plant life. The film also shows scenes of hiking, canoeing and camping. The result is to put us back in touch with the natural elements that our ancestors both fought and enjoyed.
  • Ski in the Valley of the Saints
    Ski in the Valley of the Saints
    1944 20 min
    A panorama of winter scenery and sports in the Laurentians.
  • Stampede
    Stampede
    Claude Fournier 1963 27 min
    This short documentary offers a look at Stampede Week in Calgary and the show’s main performers – the cowboys and their horses. After the herds come thundering in, the focus shifts to one cowboy in particular, and we follow him as he travels from rodeo to rodeo, always reaching for the grand prize on the back of a bucking bronco.