Paddle to the Sea

Collaborators : Biggs, Julian | Mason, Bill | Office national du film du Canada
Children's films.Canada - Images of a Country -- Landscapes.Geography and Geology -- Ontario.Geography and Geology -- Rivers and Streams.Geography and Geology -- Waters and Flooding.Literature and Language -- Adaptations of Literary Works.Literature and Language -- Children's Stories.Show 2 more

For all children and those adults for whom the romance of journeying is still strong. This great NFB children's classic is adapted from a story by Holling C. Holling. During the long winter night, an Indigenous boy sets out to carve a man and a canoe. He calls the man "Paddle to the Sea." The boy sets the carving down on a frozen stream to await the coming of spring. The film charts the adventures that befall the canoe on its long odyssey from Lake Superior to the sea. This delightful story is photographed with great patience and an eye for the beauty of living things, offering vivid impressions of Canada's varied landscape and waterways.

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Resource Type : Émission et filmFormats : 1 streaming video (27 min., 59 sec.)Collections : 50 for 50: Volume 1, Tape 4: Children's Choice, Children's Classics: Animation, Part 1, L'eau, c'est la vie - DVD/Waterlife - DVD, The Bill Mason Collection, Waterlife - DVD/L'eau, c'est la vie - DVDLanguages : Sous-titré en anglais, AnglaisYear of publication : ©1966

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