Boomer

For some of us home and work are not in the same place. Well paid as a boiler-maker, Gary Honig must often leave home to exercise his highly specialised skill. Sometimes, his wife and two daughters accompany him in their trailer but more often they remain behind in their home in Stony Creek, Alberta. The film describes how one family copes, combining family life, and work in the increasingly industrialised West.

Credits

production company

ONF | NFB

co-producer

Tom Radford

Michael Scott

director

Dale Phillips

Duration

00:27:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1978

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016259

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employee morale

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employment

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employment attitudes

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrialization

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Canada

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Family - Canada

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Economic conditions

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology, Industrial

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1978

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