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Trappers of the Sea

Name: Trappers of the Sea
Duration: 13 min

Margaret Perry

1945 | 13 min

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This film presents the lobster fishing industry in Nova Scotia with a brief reference to the cooperative movement and how co-ops are used in the affairs of the people. Pierre, a fisherman, is shown as he sails forth to set his one hundred traps. The film shows both the problems of adverse weather and also the methods used to land the lobster and prepare them for market.

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Credits

director

Margaret Perry
photography

Grant Crabtree
narration

Don Pringle
music

Maurice Blackburn
producer

Bill MacDonald

Gudrun Parker

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