Summary

SALMON: LIFE CYCLE OF THE SOCKEYE

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Title: SALMON: LIFE CYCLE OF THE SOCKEYE
File Number: FRA-2 DigiBeta
Color: Color
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1951
Description: Color 1951 Shows the complete lifecycle of the Sockeye Salmon, beginning with its birth in a fresh mountain stream, its trip to the Pacific Ocean where it grows to maturity and finally, its heroic struggle upstream to its birthplace where it spawns and dies in order that future generations of salmon might live Directed by Paul L Hoefler 01:25:37:00 Color 1951 VS spawning sockeye salmon fish in shallow stream 01:26:23:00 Color 1951 Animation sequence of two salmon fish spawning in the water, roe and milt intermingle 01:27:03:00 Color 1951 CU a pile of sockeye salmon roe school of salmon frye in shallow water of hatchery salmon fingerlings in shallow lake water 01:28:25:00 Color 1951 On-screen map of British Columbia, Canada with arrow-lines indicating major sockeye salmon-run rivers 01:29:03:00 Color 1951 WS the Fraser River port waterfront of Vancouver 01:29:15:00 Color 1951 WS Prince Rupert on bank of the Skeena River, mountains in BG 01:29:27:00 Color 1951 On-screen map of British Columbia, Canada with lines and fish symbols indicating major sockeye salmon-run rivers 01:29:55:00 Color 1951 VS Fraser River scenic vistas 01:30:35:00 Color 1951 PAN fishing boats at marina docks in Prince Rupert VS troller and seiner boats in the river a net of teeming sockeye salmon is unloaded onto deck of boat, the fish slide into the hold fisherman toss writhing fish onto a conveyor belt on deck 01:31:47:00 Color 1951 Two rowboats on river 01:32:10:00 Color 1951 Black bear goes fishing for sockeye salmon from rock on river bank, catches one and carries it in mouth into the forest, 01:32:42:00 Color 1951 CU a dying sockeye salmon fish gasps for oxygen after being caught 01:32:52:00 Color 1951 VS good shots of sockeye salmon jumping out of the water as they swim against the river current, traversing rapids, jumping onto rocks and the like VS local Native American Indian (tribe?) use long gaff-poles to spearfish for salmon form the river riprap 01:35:09:00 Color 1951 VS spawning sockeye salmon in calm shallow water of stream