I am Paddle-to-the-Sea. Please put me back in the water.

[David]

Who remembers this bucolic little film from the late 1960s, directed by Bill Mason & a one-time favorite of schoolchildren all over North America?

It's time they released this on DVD!
Paddle to the Sea (http://www.herondance.org/studiostore/graphics/00000001/paddlevhs.jpg)

[amber]

Sorry. It looks good, though, I want it.

[David]

Sorry. It looks good, though, I want it.It's a beloved classic to an entire generation of American schoolchildren that grew up in the 1970s. It's only 28 minutes long, so it was frequently shown to grade-schoolers on rainy days when the field was too wet to play in.

"Paddle to the Sea" is about a young Canadian Indian boy who carves a wooden figure of an Indian in a canoe & names him Paddle-to-the-Sea, then sets him down on a frozen river. With the coming of spring, the river melts, & Paddle-to-the-Sea makes his perilous way downstream from Lake Superior to the sea, the Atlantic Ocean.

[amber]

It's a beloved classic to an entire generation of American schoolchildren that grew up in the 1970s. It's only 28 minutes long, so it was frequently shown to grade-schoolers on rainy days when the field was too wet to play in.

"Paddle to the Sea" is about a young Canadian Indian boy who carves a wooden figure of an Indian in a canoe & names him Paddle-to-the-Sea, then sets him down on a frozen river. With the coming of spring, the river melts, & Paddle-to-the-Sea makes his perilous way downstream from Lake Superior to the sea, the Atlantic Ocean.
Well, that sounds wonderful, right up my alley. I'm suprised I didn't see it, being a schoolchild in the seventies. Ok, just 79, but still... :laugh: Speaking of things people should see, I've recently noticed that "The Dot and the Line" by Chuck Jones is very great, too.
Anyway, thanks for the info, I really want to see that. :)

[seeker007nmss]

It's a beloved classic to an entire generation of American schoolchildren that grew up in the 1970s. It's only 28 minutes long, so it was frequently shown to grade-schoolers on rainy days when the field was too wet to play in.

"Paddle to the Sea" is about a young Canadian Indian boy who carves a wooden figure of an Indian in a canoe & names him Paddle-to-the-Sea, then sets him down on a frozen river. With the coming of spring, the river melts, & Paddle-to-the-Sea makes his perilous way downstream from Lake Superior to the sea, the Atlantic Ocean.


OMG! I remember that! *faint*. :eek: Didn't ring a bell until you gave us the plot! :D

[seeker007nmss]

Looked on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63821&item=6407414244&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

it is on there on VHS, BOOK, DVD, and the above.


This guy is toast if Disney spots him. I don't think this was ever issued. was it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=617&item=6408851265&rd=1