In Search of the Bowhead Whale

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 49 min
  • Premiere: 1974. May 1.

This adventure film features Scott McVay, an authority on whales, and filmmaker Bill Mason. The objective was to film the bowhead, a magnificent inhabitant of the cold Arctic seas brought to the edge of extinction by overfishing. With helicopter and Inuit guide, aqualungs and underwater cameras, the expedition searches out and meets the bowhead and beluga.

Discover

Camera

Rick Mason

Underwater Camera

Joseph MacInnis

Underwater Camera

Crew

Bill Mason

Cinematography

Directing

Bill Mason

Director

Editing

Bill Mason

Editor

Production

Bill Brind

Producer

Colin Low

Executive Producer

Sound

Ken Page

Sound Editor

Michel Descombes

Recording Supervision

Donald Douglas

Music Editor

Roger Lamoureux

Recording Supervision

Writing

Bill Mason

Writer

Camera

Rick Mason

Underwater Camera

Joseph MacInnis

Underwater Camera

Crew

Bill Mason

Cinematography

Directing

Bill Mason

Director

Editing

Bill Mason

Editor

Production

Bill Brind

Producer

Colin Low

Executive Producer

Sound

Ken Page

Sound Editor

Michel Descombes

Recording Supervision

Donald Douglas

Music Editor

Roger Lamoureux

Recording Supervision

Writing

Bill Mason

Writer