Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography ~ 1899-1973

Atlantic adventure 

Producing Agency:   Inter-TV Films

Release Date:   1961

Format:   35 mm, b&w, sound, 01:02:00

Synopsis – on May 24, 1956, four French Canadians (Henri Beaudout, Marc Modena, Gaston Vanackere and Jose Martinez) and two cats (Puce and Guiton) set out from Halifax to cross the Atlantic on a 17' by 31' raft. One of the men falls ill and must be transferred to a trawler, but the other three reach Falmouth, Eng., after a voyage of 88 days.

related footage found in Atlantic Adventure. Information taken from the American Film Institute Catalogue of Feature Films, 1961 - 1970.

Subjects:
Inter-TV Films
Atlantic crossings

Genre:
Documentaries and factual works

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