STK-ID 8696

PAN over green, fertile terrain. Two shots of sunset beyond woods, stream in foreground. Cut to large group of Doukhobors men, women and children, trekking to new settlement. Sequence on Doukhobors settling down, cooking bread in outside ovens, clearing land, eating at communal table, sawing boards with large hand saw, squaring timber, erecting log houses. Shot of women hoewing garden plot, men giving a hand. Shot of group taking a break, washing up and sitting down to a meal. Shots of men pulling wagon, removing shoes and pulling wagon across narrow stream, pulling wagon into camp, unloading. Sequence on women collecting unidentified plant in field, working on plant, sifting the good from the bad on a blanket. Sequence on women pulling plough as man guides it. Sequence on men and women working in field. Shots of buildings built by Doukhobors, from primitive to fairly comfortable. Shots of men working on home made wood lathe, women cooking bread.

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Excerpt from
Doukhobors
Location
British Columbia
Year
1940
Collection
National Film Board
Restriction Information
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Available formats
Reel 16 mm, Video HI 8
Shooting format
16mm original kodachrome, 35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3