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Grain Elevator

1981 15 min
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This documentary short is a visual portrait of “Prairie Sentinels,” the vertical grain elevators that once dotted the Canadian Prairies. Surveying an old diesel elevator’s day-to-day operations, this film is a simple, honest vignette on the distinctive wooden structures that would eventually become a symbol of the Prairie provinces.

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Grain Elevator

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This documentary short is a visual portrait of “Prairie Sentinels,” the vertical grain elevators that once dotted the Canadian Prairies. Surveying an old diesel elevator’s day-to-day operations, this film is a simple, honest vignette on the distinctive wooden structures that would eventually become a symbol of the Prairie provinces.

  • director
    Charles Konowal
  • cinematography
    Charles Konowal
  • producer
    Jerry Krepakevich
    Michael Scott
  • executive producer
    Michael Scott
  • sound
    Donald List
  • editing
    Norm Sawchyn
  • sound editing
    Ken Rodeck
    Donald List
  • re-recording
    Clive Perry

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