Saving the Salmon

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1754
Date Released
14 Jan 1963
Date submitted
7 Jan 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Saving the Salmon. DESCRIPTION: A hundred thousand salmon enter the Big Qualicum river on Vancouver Island every year. Of three hundred and fifty million eggs, only ten per cent mature. One reason is the flow of water, so they’ve built a barrage system to control the flow and divert polluted streams from the spawning grounds. So far they’ve spent one and a quarter million dollars. The temperature of a salmon river is also vital to survival, so by drawing water from a lake - at varying levels and temperatures, it’s possible to cool-off the river. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV inlet, salmon spawning in shallow water (2 shots). TS men on dam weir. MS men clearing timber. LS river. MS man walks along dam. Man winds up gate of dam (2 shots). MCU fish through gate. CU man. CU fish through gate. CU man presses. CU fish through gate, man nets salmon - checks mark and throws it back into water (3 shots). LS river flowing. GV lake, water pouring through tunnel (3 shots). TS man operating valves, water pouring through tunnel (3 shots). GV river, salmon spawning (3 shots).
Keywords
Animals; Engineering
Locations
Canada; Vancouver Island; Big Qualicum River
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
85786
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
161
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Saving the Salmon', British Movietone News Issue No. 1754, 14 Jan 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24953 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)