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Whalehead

René Bonnière & Pierre Perrault

1963 29 min

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Shows Tête-à-la-Baleine, Québec, a village with a double life--one on the North Shore mainland during winter months, the other on mossy islands of the Gulf to which the entire population moves for summer fishing.

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Shows Tête-à-la-Baleine, Québec, a village with a double life--one on the North Shore mainland during winter months, the other on mossy islands of the Gulf to which the entire population moves for summer fishing.

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Fishing and Hunting Industries

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Credits

• director
  René Bonnière
  
  Pierre Perrault
  
• text
  Pierre Perrault
  
• English text
  Judith Crawley
  
• photography
  Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
  
• sound
  Tony Betts
  
  David Howells
  
• sound editing
  John Knight
  
• narrator
  Lloyd Bochner
  
  Donald David
  
• music
  Larry Crosley
  

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