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Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth

Bob Lower & Norma Bailey

1980 22 min

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This short documentary offers a reflection on the development of the North, where towns are increasingly being remade in the image of the South and bush pilots are slowly becoming obsolete. For more background info on this film, visit the NFB.ca blog.

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This short documentary offers a reflection on the development of the North, where towns are increasingly being remade in the image of the South and bush pilots are slowly becoming obsolete.

For more background info on this film, visit the NFB.ca blog.

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Credits

• director
  Bob Lower
  
  Norma Bailey
  
• producer
  Jerry Krepakevich
  
• executive producer
  Michael Scott
  
• writer
  Bob Lower
  
• cinematography
  Richard A. Stringer
  
  Alan Lawrence
  
  Elise Swerhone
  
• sound
  David Springbett
  
• editing
  Jane Creba
  
• re-recording
  Clive Perry
  
• narrator
  Brian Richardson
  

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