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Summer on a Quebec Farm

Directed by Jane Marsh
Canada, 1947 (documentary, 10 minutes, colour, English)

Film Description:
"This film shows the French-Canadian housewife baking bread and the farmer working in the fields with his son and relatives. From five o'clock in the morning until the Angelus there is a continuous labor in order to complete the harvest."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by: Gudrun Parker
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada
Additional Credits: Camera [photographie]: Judith Crawley
(sources)

Quote about Summer on a Quebec Farm

"In 1947, against the filmmaker's [Jane Marsh's] wishes, the NFB prepared a three-part version of the film [Alexis Tremblay: Habitant] titled Spring on a Quebec Farm, Summer on a Quebec Farm and Winter on a Quebec Farm."
-- Canadian Film Encyclopedia (source)

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