Maritime Shipbuilding is a half hour documentary that reveals the seafaring history and the proud tradition that still lives on to this day. The film will have its world broadcast premiere on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 12 Noon on CBC TV’s Land & Sea.
Along with the News Release and the above trailer came a series of photographs, of ship building locations Then and now. It Sounds like this film will be a good complement to the talk on shipbuilding at the Maritime Museaum in October.
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| Spencers Island Beach, Nova Scotia – Photo Credit Geoff D’Eon.jpg |
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| Hantsport, Nova Scotia – Photo Credit Geoff D’Eon.jpg |
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| Port Greville, Nova Scotia – Photo Credit Geoff D’Eon.jpg |
The News Release:
It’s a chapter of history mostly forgotten, not just across Canada but
even in the Maritime provinces themselves. Shipbuilding – like fishing – is an
obvious fact of life on the Atlantic coast, but few people today know just how
extensive the industry once was. There was a time not that long ago when men
built ships in sheltered harbours, on open beaches and up narrow rivers – ships
that went on to carry cargoes and passengers all over the world.
even in the Maritime provinces themselves. Shipbuilding – like fishing – is an
obvious fact of life on the Atlantic coast, but few people today know just how
extensive the industry once was. There was a time not that long ago when men
built ships in sheltered harbours, on open beaches and up narrow rivers – ships
that went on to carry cargoes and passengers all over the world.
From the first
boats built by the earliest settlers, to the golden Age of Sail in the 1800s, and
from the Grand Bank fishing schooners to the high tech naval frigates of today
– the thousands of vessels built in Atlantic Canada during the past 250 years
have shaped the region like no other industry.
boats built by the earliest settlers, to the golden Age of Sail in the 1800s, and
from the Grand Bank fishing schooners to the high tech naval frigates of today
– the thousands of vessels built in Atlantic Canada during the past 250 years
have shaped the region like no other industry.
Maritime Shipbuilding is a half hour documentary that explores this
seafaring history and the proud tradition that lives on to this day. The film travels to once-thriving
shipbuilding centres in the Maritimes to rediscover the story of one of the world’s most vibrant,
productive, and profitable shipbuilding regions.
seafaring history and the proud tradition that lives on to this day. The film travels to once-thriving
shipbuilding centres in the Maritimes to rediscover the story of one of the world’s most vibrant,
productive, and profitable shipbuilding regions.
Although no longer
the economic driving force it once was, the shipbuilding industry in Atlantic
Canada continues to prosper. The thousands of people who recently attended the
re-launch of the Bluenose II in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia are a testament to that
enduring legacy.
the economic driving force it once was, the shipbuilding industry in Atlantic
Canada continues to prosper. The thousands of people who recently attended the
re-launch of the Bluenose II in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia are a testament to that
enduring legacy.
Maritime Shipbuilding was written and directed by award-winning Halifax documentary-maker
Geoff D’Eon, (Blood On The Coal/Facebook Follies) and produced by Edward
Peill from Halifax-based Tell Tale Productions Inc.
Geoff D’Eon, (Blood On The Coal/Facebook Follies) and produced by Edward
Peill from Halifax-based Tell Tale Productions Inc.
“This was an interesting piece to
work on. More than 28,000 ships built in the Maritimes? Who knew?” says
D’Eon “It’s not only the numbers that are surprising, but the locations
where these ships were built, places that today show no trace of the industry
that once was.”
work on. More than 28,000 ships built in the Maritimes? Who knew?” says
D’Eon “It’s not only the numbers that are surprising, but the locations
where these ships were built, places that today show no trace of the industry
that once was.”
Maritime Shipbuilding will have its world broadcast premiere on CBC Television’s Land &
Sea on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 12
Noon. Following the
broadcast, the documentary can be watched on the CBC TV website at: www.cbc.ca/landandsea. Land
& Sea is CBC’s 2nd longest running TV series and can be followed on
Twitter: @cbclandandsea
Sea on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 12
Noon. Following the
broadcast, the documentary can be watched on the CBC TV website at: www.cbc.ca/landandsea. Land
& Sea is CBC’s 2nd longest running TV series and can be followed on
Twitter: @cbclandandsea
Maritime Shipbuilding was produced
in association with CBC TV with funding from Film NS, and Provincial and
Federal tax credits.
in association with CBC TV with funding from Film NS, and Provincial and
Federal tax credits.