STK-ID 22731

Whole reel on salmon fishing: Indigenous fishermen on boat preparing spoon-hooks, paying out long line. Sequence on 2 men trolling on camera boat, one man pulling in salmon. Brief view of several gill-netting boats. Cut to HAS of fisherman unloading fish one at a time. Sequence on fishermen setting purse seine from a dory, closing purse and pulling in net until batch of fish are brought to surface. Shots of men brailing salmon from purse seine into hold of fishing boat. HAS of operation, of hold full of wiggling fish. Shots of man guiding full brailer from seine to hold. (Titles interspersed.)

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Salmon Fishing on the Skeena
Location
British Columbia, Pacific Ocean
Year
1920
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w, 35mm dupe neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486