Tadoussac

Accession number:

1928.0001

Sponsors:

Canada Steamship Lines

Producers:

Directors:

B. E. Norrish

Directors of Photography:

Roy Tash

Production Years:

1928

Languages:

English

Film Properties:

35mm
Silent
Black and White

Length (feet):

555 (35mm)

Subjects:

Holding Institutions:

Library and Archives Canada: 35mm, VHS, Betacam.
"Voyage on the St. Lawrence from Murray Bay to Tadoussac and up the Saguenay River. The S.S. Richelieu is shown sailing out of St-Simeon. Establishing shots of Tadoussac from river and interior shots of the hotel. Views of the Indian Mission church built in 1648, of the salmon hatchery, a beach with women enjoying themselves. Long sequence on trout fishermen, mostly in chalet. Views of the village of St-Alphonse and of Chicoutimi. A boy shows off his dog hitched to a small cart. Close shots of Cape Eternity and Cape Trinity. Final sequences on shipboard activities, ballroom, etc."

Bibliography:

Motion Picture Distributors and Exhibitors of Canada, Canadian Motion Pictures 1914-1932 (June 1932), 5.

Peter Morris, Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema, 1895-1939, p. 225, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1978.