Herrings by the Million

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1707

Date Released

19 Feb 1962

Date submitted

12 Feb 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Duke in South America
2. 2Herrings by the Million
3. 3How the Railway Runs
4. 4Sound of the Future
5. 5Beauty for the Boys

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Herrings By the Million. DESCRIPTION: Recent catches of herrings off the coast of British Columbia have almost beaten every record. The trawlers use huge seine nets to catch them, having located the shoals by echo-sounders. These catches north of Vancouver are destined to become fish-meal fertiliser and fish oil for industrial use. SHOTLIST: Key scene. (2 shots) Pacific Raider. GV boat puts out net (2 shots) men lay nets. MS herrings. MS man puts out net. MCU man (2 shots). Net being brought in (3 shots). Ditto. MCU man. MS net brought in and fish dumped. MCU man (2 shots) fish. MS man pulls net in (2 shots) herrings.

Keywords

Fisheries

Locations

Canada; British Columbia

Footage sources

National Film Board of Canada

Card file number

83898

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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