The Land of Jacques Cartier

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.

Director

Pierre Perrault

Written by

Pierre Perrault

Music

Larry Crosley

Studio

ONF | NFB

Released

1 June 1963

Genres

Documentary