HISTORIC AND ROMANTIC QUEBEC

Duration: 16min

Year Published: 1944

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: "An American tourist reaches Quebec via the St. Lawrence River; views numerous historical monuments, sites and buildings and the quaint, narrow, storied streets of Quebec, and then journeys on to the Laurentides National Park and the summer and winter resorts of Lac Beauport." Georgia. Pastoral scenes of women working in the fields, church in the distance, cattle grazing. Several typical old homesteads are shown and some of the churches. Farmers work in the fields, a woman spins, fishermen look after their catch. The making of the special cheese is shown. Again cattle graze. "In color, a complete trip through this historic island off Quebec showing native customs, industries and architecture." School management. The journey then continues to the mouth of the Saguenay River down the Gaspe Peninsula through French towns where the villagers are spinning and weaving. Advisory committee

Complete Record: Dewey number: 917.14 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-loan Distributors / rental: Boston University $1.50; Ohio Department of Education; American Museum of Natural History $1.50; University of Alabama $1; University of Wisconsin $1.25; University of New Hampshire

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946