HALS of small group of children and dogs playing with dead fish, dogs on beach in Masset, Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia during the month of August 1969. Sequence showing boats moored to shore, two Haida men sitting on old wharf, piers, buildings in background. Same scene shot from different angle, boat high and dry. Shot of outboard cabin boat at anchor, man in boat. Shot of boat nose onto beach, boy holding prow. HALS over beach, boat and children visible in distance. Sequence in village showing two children playing in muddy street, four teenage girls walking towards camera, young men getting out of car and into restaurant, elderly man shuffling down street past camera. Cut to of Haida artist Robert Davidson with an unidentified woman walking on beach in rain, strollers examining strange driftwood on beach. BOATING LSs of shore, buildings, Haida village of Masset. MSs of the unidentified woman wiping nose of small Haida boy, group of Haida boys posing for a National Film Board of Canada (NFB) cameraman. CUs of faces of giggling boys.