Canadian Diamonds

Release Date: 1960-01-01

Runtime: 29

Languages: Français

Rating: 5

Votes: 1

Genres: Documentary

Director: René Bonnière

Description: When Cartier wintered at Cap Rouge near Québec City in 1641, he claimed to have detected diamonds in the surrounding hills. Was he so very wrong? Three centuries later, 15,000 men have come to excavat...When Cartier wintered at Cap Rouge near Québec City in 1641, he claimed to have detected diamonds in the surrounding hills. Was he so very wrong? Three centuries later, 15,000 men have come to excavate the iron mountains of the Canadian tundra where the rust of those diamonds still sparkles.Read More

Production Companies:

ONF | NFB