Recherche dans la collection - The Life of a Salmon. Taken on the Coast of British Columbia

BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE

1973-0210

Film

1 of 1

1910

Edison Manufacturing Company

director, J. Searle Dawley; photography, Henry Cronjager

Canadian Pacific Railway Company

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>

Silent with English intertitles

Libre

Copyright expired.

with written permission of copyright owner : see individual IDCs for each title : with permission of BFI