Festival of the Tommycod

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1808A

Date Released

30 Jan 1964

Date submitted

24 Jan 1964

Date Other

Jan 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Some Giants Are Not for Killing
2. 2Gateway to Wales
3. 3Riding on Air
4. 4Festival of the Tommycod

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festival of the Tommycod. DESCRIPTION: Below an old church about 120 miles from Montreal, some fifteen hundred cabins make up a wooden town which stretches for a mile down the ice-bound river. Inside these cabins, people can fish in comfort, through a hole in the ice for tommycod, which are travelling in shoals up the St Lawrence to spawn. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV horse and cabin along snow covered road. BS same. MS pan same approaches town. CU sawing ice on river. MCU same. CU ice block taken from river. GV shifting cabin over hole in ice. MS same. GV pan down church in town. GV cabin on solid ice. MS another. CU same. CU fixing bait to hook and lowering down into water. MCU line being pulled. CU fish biting at bait. MS hauling up line with caught fish. GV members of family hold up caught fish. CU same. MCU little girl with caught fish. CU bucket full of fish. MS hauling fish up from ice. CU filling bag with fish. MS woman exchanges money for bag of fish. GV snow mobile. GV motorised sledge. GV carnival models. MS same (2 shots). MS girls dancing. MS carnival models. MCU carnival queen waving. MS models and girls swinging. GV town in the evening. GV exterior restaurant. MCU man served with plate of fish and chips.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Winter sports

Locations

Canada; St Anne de la Perade

Footage sources

National Film Board of Canada

Card file number

87833

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

176

Story extras:

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