On the Sea

On the Sea

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1960

Runtime

0h 29m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Les goélettes

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Pierre Perrault

Description

Three communities at the foot of the Charlevoix cliffs, Petite-Rivière, île-aux-Coudres and Les Éboulements, practise the myriad trades of the sea. Its men are sailors, stevedores, longshoremen for the coasting trade. In winter, they becomes caulkers, carpenters and timer-cutters who will build a new vessel if required, or repair, caulk and paint the over 150 wooden schooners that ply the St. Lawrence River.