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For all children and those adults for whom the romance of journeying is still strong. This great NFB children's classic is adapted from a story by Holling C. Holling. During the long winter night, an Indian boy sets out to carve a man and a canoe. He calls the man "Paddle to the Sea." The boy sets the carving down on a frozen stream to await the coming of spring. The film charts the adventures that befall the canoe on its long odyssey from Lake Superior to the sea. This delightful story is photographed with great patience and an eye for the beauty of living things, offering vivid impressions of Canada's varied landscape and waterways.
1966, 27 min 59 s
On Television
Silver Screen Classics (ET)
February 11 2010 at 11:00 AM
Silver Screen Classics (ET)
February 25 2010 at 11:00 AM
Awards
Silver Medal - Category: Education - Language Arts
Annual Awards Competition / International Film & Television Festival
November 13 1987, New York - USA
Award for Exceptional Merit
International Festival of Short Films
November 13 to 18 1971, Philadelphia - USA
Best Documentary Film - Silver Plaque
International Children's Film Festival
September 1 to 9 1968, La Plata - Argentina
Nominated one of the ten best films of the last ten years
Educational Film Library Aassociation of America - Sightlines Magazine
January 1 1968, New York - USA
Golden Plaque - Category: Educational Films for Children
International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults
October 31 to November 10 1967, Tehran - Iran
Best Film - Category: Creative Arts and Experimental Films
Golden Sheaf Awards /Short Film and Video Festival
October 16 to 18 1967, Yorkton - Canada
First Prize - Category: Information Films
Festival du film à format réduit
October 4 to 8 1967, Salerno - Italy
First Prize - Category: Stories for Children
Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
May 10 to 13 1967, New York - USA
