This is professional hockey from the inside, an experience of the game that only the aspiring player can know. The film is about Les Nordiques de Quebec, the first truly French-Canadian professional hockey club. Coached at the start by superstar Maurice Richard, it is seen here playing its opening World Hockey Association game at the Quebec Coliseum. Vividly real is the pre-game tension, the on-ice action, where hopes rest on a flying puck, and, for one player at least, a dream realized in the inner office where big contracts are signed.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
005787
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → French-Canadians
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Ice hockey
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Professional sports
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)