Festival of the Tommycod

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1808A
Date Released
30 Jan 1964
Date submitted
24 Jan 1964
Date Other
Jan 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festival of the Tommycod. DESCRIPTION: Below an old church about 120 miles from Montreal, some fifteen hundred cabins make up a wooden town which stretches for a mile down the ice-bound river. Inside these cabins, people can fish in comfort, through a hole in the ice for tommycod, which are travelling in shoals up the St Lawrence to spawn. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV horse and cabin along snow covered road. BS same. MS pan same approaches town. CU sawing ice on river. MCU same. CU ice block taken from river. GV shifting cabin over hole in ice. MS same. GV pan down church in town. GV cabin on solid ice. MS another. CU same. CU fixing bait to hook and lowering down into water. MCU line being pulled. CU fish biting at bait. MS hauling up line with caught fish. GV members of family hold up caught fish. CU same. MCU little girl with caught fish. CU bucket full of fish. MS hauling fish up from ice. CU filling bag with fish. MS woman exchanges money for bag of fish. GV snow mobile. GV motorised sledge. GV carnival models. MS same (2 shots). MS girls dancing. MS carnival models. MCU carnival queen waving. MS models and girls swinging. GV town in the evening. GV exterior restaurant. MCU man served with plate of fish and chips.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Winter sports
Locations
Canada; St Anne de la Perade
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
87833
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
176
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Festival of the Tommycod', British Movietone News Issue No. 1808A, 30 Jan 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25412 (Accessed 05 Mar 2025)