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This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the periods represented convey the romance, the adventures and the hardships of traders, Indigenous People and coureurs des bois. Animated maps indicate the old fur trade routes.

1952, 16 min 47 s

L'Âge du castor

prix spécial - catégorie: documentaire
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30 avril 1953, Montréal - Canada