54 Hours

Alcock, Bruce, (film director.). Francis, Paton, (film director.). Clarke, Annette, (film producer.). Fukushima, Michael, (film producer.). Clarke, Annette, (film producer.). Fukushima, Michael, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: 54 Hours is a remarkably vivid account of the 1914 tragedy in which 132 men were stranded on the ice during a severe snowstorm off the coast of Newfoundland. Seventy-eight men froze to death on the ice pack. The last of the wooden steamers in an industry already dominated by steel ships, the Newfoundland couldn't break ice like the newer ships, and had no radio equipment. Still, men came from across the province to work on the ship; some came for the money, some for the adventure. They slept on the skins of seals they had killed, their clothes caked in blood and grease. That spring in 1914, with the ship unable to reach a seal pack, 132 men were ordered off the boat and onto the ice, to hunt. They spent two unbearable nights on the ice. Survivor testimony, striking archival materials, weather visualizations, inventive animation and puppetry are seamlessly blended to recreate this harrowing ordeal.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (13 min., 34 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2014.
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency - English program:.Atlantic Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Bruce Alcock, Paton Francis ; writer, Michael Crummey ; producer, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima ; director of photography, A A Scott McClellan ; animator, Kevin Langdale ; sound design, Judith Gruber-Stitzer ; production designer, Bruce Alcock ; sound recordist, Mark Neary ; music recordist, Stephen Lilly ; foley artist, Lise Wedlock ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard ; executive producer, Annette Clarke, Michael Fukushima.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Bryan Hennessey, Teri Snelgrove.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2014.
Target Audience Note:	14-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Founder's Award, 2015
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).