The Land of Jacques Cartier (1963)

The Land of Jacques Cartier

1963

Documentary

Synopsis

Did Cartier dream of making a country from this land of a million birds? In his records of his exploration he certainly marvelled at seeing the great auks that have since disappeared from Isle aux Ouaiseaulx, the razor-bills and gannets that are gone from Blanc-Sablon, and the kittiwakes from Anticosti, all the winged creatures of all the islands which he described as being "as full of birds as a meadow is of grass". And that's not even counting the countless snow geese.

Credits

Director

Pierre Perrault

René Bonnière

Cast

Lloyd Bochner as Narrator

Crew

Allan Grayston (Cinematography)

Kenneth Campbell (Cinematography)

Michel Thomas-d'Hoste (Director of Photography)

Larry Crosley (Music)

David Howells (Sound)