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The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes

1968-01-01 Documentary 17mins

A lesson in geography, which concludes that although the Great Lakes have had their ups and downs, nothing has been harder to take than what humans have done to them lately. In the film, a lone canoeist lives through the changes of geological history, through Ice Age and flood, only to find himself in the end trapped in a sea of scum.

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The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes

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A lesson in geography, which concludes that although the Great Lakes have had their ups and downs, nothing has been harder to take than what humans have done to them lately. In the film, a lone canoeist lives through the changes of geological history, through Ice Age and flood, only to find himself in the end trapped in a sea of scum.

  • Released
    1968-01-01
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    17mins
  • Genre
    Documentary, Comedy
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    0
  • Production
    ONF | NFB

Crew

Bill Mason
Director
Bill Mason
Writer
Joseph Koenig
Producer

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-23

The Great Lakes cover over 94,000 square miles between the USA and Canada, and for fifteen minutes Bill Mason provides the imagery and Bruce... read more

The Great Lakes cover over 94,000 square miles between the USA and Canada, and for fifteen minutes Bill Mason provides the imagery and Bruce Mackay the lyrics of some daft songs and their efforts combine to provide us with an entertaining appraisal of just how the lakes were formed by glacial activities aeons ago. All the while we follow the intrepid travels of enthusiastic and agile canoeist Blake James who has his fair share of light-hearted escapades with his kayak as he avoids alligators and explores the huge variety of landscapes that survive as a direct result of these huge great volumes of fresh water. Then, of course, mankind arrives and brings his destructive engineering and construction skills with him. As ever with Mason, there's some considered and patient photography gone into this production and the cheerfully informative and sometimes quite sarcastic poetry contained with this accompanying songs makes a gentle point about our encroachment into this area of natural beauty subtly, but forcefully, and James plays the role of the comedy-canoeist with spirit, too.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

The Great Lakes cover over 94,000 square miles between the USA and Canada, and for fifteen minutes Bill Mason provides the imagery and Bruce Mackay the lyrics of some daft songs and their efforts combine to provide us with an entertaining a...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2025-01-23

The Great Lakes cover over 94,000 square miles between the USA and Canada, and for fifteen minutes Bill Mason provides the imagery and Bruce Mackay the lyrics of some daft songs and their efforts comb...

read more