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The Life of a Salmon. Taken on the Coast of British Columbia
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1910Item number (ISN):208137Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:BRITISH FILM INSTITUTEAccession:1973-0210Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1910Production company:Edison Manufacturing CompanyProduction credit:director, J. Searle Dawley; photography, Henry CronjagerSponsor:Canadian Pacific Railway CompanyDescription:Documentary film showing: the Capilano Canyon; fish jumping the falls; spawn in test tubes showing the development from 1 to 20 days; the fishing fleet at the mouth of the Fraser River; lifting the trap on the river; close-up of caught fish in the nets; a spring salmon weighing 55 pounds held by a man; barge with fish landing; close-up of fish landing; and fish arriving at the cannery. The film ends with a canoe race between Indians employed at the cannery. Three canoes line up for the start of the race with eleven rowers in each; the Empress Hotel, Victoria, is seen across the river; various shots of the canoe race and the spectators. <4mn 14s>Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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