Caption
The Rimouski school boasts a well equipped engine room with the latest in boilers, turbines and motors -- all the machinery to allow students to stand their "watch" as if they were aboard an actual ship.
Release Date
August 5, 1958
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lund, ChrisCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
On the parade grounds of the Rimouski school cadet officers fall in for uniform inspection. During the summer months students are given practical seamanship experience under sea-going conditions in the school's training vessel the "St. Barnabe" -- a converted Fairmile acquired from the Canadian Navy in 1949.
Date
May 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85870
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176795
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Captain Jean-Paul Santerre instructs cadets in signalling. The school also offers seasonal short courses for sailors who, having completed a certain amount of time at sea, wish to prepare for Department of Transport examinations.
Date
May 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85871
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176796
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The stiff 2-year course runs the gamut from classes in navigation and chartwork to radar plotting, astronomy, meteorology, ship construction and naval architecture.
Date
May 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85873
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176797
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Like sailors from time immemorial, today's seaman must know his ropes, A special ward is provided where students can practise such seamanship skills as splicing ropes, care of blocks and tackles and battening hatches.
Date
May 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85875
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176798
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Young Canadians for whom the lure of the sea holds its timeless fascination may qualify for a life in the merchant navy at one of the country's six marine schools situated across Canada from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Vancouver, B.C. Above, Cadet Lemay takes his "turn at the wheel" under the watchful eye of classroom instructor M. J. Moyle at Quebec's Merchant Marine Institute at Rimouski on the south shore of the St. Lawrence.
Date
May 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85876
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176799
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #169: Stiff Course for a Stern Job
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
August 5, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
The Rimouski school boasts a well equipped engine room with the latest in boilers, turbines and motors -- all the machinery to allow students to stand their "watch" as if they were aboard an actual ship.
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