Paddle to the Sea is a 1966 National Film Board of Canada short live-action film directed, shot and edited by Bill Mason. It is based on the 1941 children's book Paddle-to-the-Sea by American author and illustrator Holling C. Holling, and follows the adventures of a child's hand-carved toy Indian in a canoe as it makes its way from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, through Canada's waterways. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 40th Academy Awards.
Paddle to the Sea (1966)
Directed by Bill Mason
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Academy Award, Atlantic Ocean, Book, Caldecott-awarded, Canoe, Child, Great Lakes Of Africa, Lake Superior, Meaning, North America, Paddle, Path, Photography, Rapid, Sea, Sun, Tribute, Wave, William Mason, World
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Based On: based on children's books
Subject: about toys
Subject: about toys
Alternate Titles
Paddle to the Sea
IN
Sti thalassa armenizoume
GR
Voyage à la mer
CA
Греби к морю
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