The Land

The Land

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This film presents a breath-taking view of Canada from coast to coast. Besides showing the varied terrain, from craggy coast to towering glacier, the film illustrates something of the development of the land from its virgin state to today's intense and complex industrial exploitation. Filmed for the most part from a low-flying aircraft, there is evidence of space everywhere: in the caribou streaming across the snowy tundra, in the serried ranges of the Pacific mountains, in the distant horizons of lakes and seas, and in the spacious grain fields of the prairies. Equal to the grandiose natural scenes are the projects of Canadian industry, such as Quebec's great Manicouagan power dam, and the endless ribbon of the Trans-Canada Highway. This view of the land is surprising in its diversity.

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The Land, Rex Tasker & Jean-Claude Labrecque, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Rex Tasker
    Jean-Claude Labrecque
  • producer
    John Kemeny
    Robert Baylis
  • camera
    Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
    Jean-Claude Labrecque
  • editing
    Rex Tasker
  • sound editing
    John Knight
  • music
    The Collectors

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