Newfoundland Scene

Newfoundland Scene
Directed byF. R. Crawley
Produced byF. R. Crawley
Narrated byFrank Peddie
François Bertrand
CinematographyF. R. Crawley
Stanley Brede
Music byWilliam McCauley
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Imperial Oil
Release date
  • 1951 (1951)
Running time
44 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Newfoundland Scene: A Tale of Outport Adventure is a 1951 Canadian documentary film, directed by F. R. Crawley.[1][2]

The film, which was sponsored by Imperial Oil, was shot in 1949 to mark the admission of Newfoundland to Canadian Confederation and depicted various scenes of life throughout Canada's newest province.[3] It highlights Newfoundland's natural resources, with a focus on cod fishing, seal hunting, and whaling. Also looked at is transportation by dog sled; included is a scene where a team of Malemutes rebels against its leader, causing injury.[4]

It won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year at the 1952 Canadian Film Awards.[5] It was reissued in the 1970s, with rerecorded narration by Gordon Pinsent and some potentially controversial hunting scenes removed.[6]

  1. ^ "Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Creative and Performing Artists, Volumes 1-2. University of Toronto Press, 1971. ISBN 9780802032621. p. 77.
  3. ^ "On the screen". The Globe and Mail, April 29, 1952.
  4. ^ "Newfoundland Scene : A Tale of Outport Adventure". screenculture.org. CESIF. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Crawley Short Wins Award For Best Film". The Globe and Mail, April 22,. 1952.
  6. ^ Darrell Varga, Shooting from the East: Filmmaking on the Canadian Atlantic. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. ISBN 9780773546288. p. 229.