Still image of The Sugar Maple pictured in the PSA Journal, Oct. 1962, 35.
English
300 ft
16mm
Colour
Silent
Sound on tape.
"As the snow begins to melt, the sugar maple begins to raise some of the water thru its roots. The rising water picks up a small amount of sugar to feed the tree in its new growth. We have learned how to rob the tree of some of this sweet water which we call sap. We boil off the excess water, leaving a syrup-maple syrup. The picture presents the story of gathering the sap and the reduction to syrup. A sweet subject and nicely handled" PSA Journal, Oct. 1962, 36.
The film won 'best promoting Canada and best Canadian film' at the Canadian film awards, see: Lerner, Loren R. Canadian Film and Video: a Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press, 1997, 283.
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