Cattle Ranch (1961)

Cattle Ranch

1961

Documentary

Synopsis

This short documentary offers a portrait of life on a cattle ranch, for both its human and animal inhabitants. Featuring sprightly music by folk singer Pete Seeger and narration by theatre actress Frances Hyland, the film is shot through the seasons on a large Canadian cattle ranch near Kamloops, British Columbia. With hundreds of cows and calves on the ranch, there’s no shortage of work to be done: soil cultivation and crop maintenance are taken care of by seasonal ranch hands while the resident cowboys—“anxious guardians”—brand and breed their bovine charges.

Credits

Director

Guy L. Coté

Cast

Frances Hyland as Narrator (English Version)

Thérèse Arbic as Narrator (French Version)

Crew

Robert Humble (Director of Photography)

Guy L. Coté (Editor)

Tom Daly (Executive Producer)

Pete Seeger (Music)

George Croll (Sound)