The Half-masted schooner

A film combining a tuneful ballad with an equally engaging kaleidoscope of pictures, some relating to the story of the song and some not, but all most cheering and amusing to the eye. The soft focus of the live photography and the pleasing patterns of abstract designs combine with the relaxed mood of the ballad to produce an agreeable interlude of sights and sounds. Spawned from the hippy experimental culture of the time.

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Credits

director

Bruce Mackay

co-producer

Joseph Koenig

Robert Verrall

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:06:00:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1969

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

307135

Language

English

Subject categories

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Canada

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1969

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