STK-ID 3865

Series of shots of Indigneous people harvesting wild rice, they use a wooden harvesting machine activated by hand set across two motor canoes; CU of rice falling into netting, CUs of mechanism, LSs of them working in field of wild rice (3:04). Various shots back at their camp; man cooking flat bread on open fire, men setting up wooden harvesting machine then setting off to harvest, several BOATING SHOTS of them at work, shots of them returning to camp and bagging rice (9:00).

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth
Location
Manitoba
Year
1978
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 16 mm, Video HI 8
Shooting format
16mm eastman color neg
Aspect ratio
4/3