I Just Didn't Want to Die: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster Poster

I Just Didn't Want to Die: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster

90.00% | January 1, 1991 |

In March 1914, the Newfoundland set sail from Wesleyville, taking 132 men out sealing. Miles from shore, the ship got stuck in the ice so the men went over the side to walk to the sealing ground. When a terrible storm struck, they were stranded. It took rescuers 3 days to arrive; by then, 78 men were dead and another 9 missing. This tragic story is told through the words of men who were there and the haunting prints of David Blackwood.

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Joseph MacDonald
Director
Floyd Elliott
Producer
Douglas Macdonald
Executive Producer
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Cast

Timothy Webber
Timothy Webber
Narrator
Cecil Mouland
Cecil Mouland
survivor (recording)
Ron Hynes
Ron Hynes
balladeer

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