This silent film shows how the commercial fishing industry operated in Manitoba in the 1940s.

Includes footage of Gimli harbour on Lake Winnipeg, men making preparations to head out in fishing boats, and later letting out nets and hauling them in, and returning to the harbour with their catch. Also includes footage of fish being packed into crates, shipped to Winnipeg via the Red River by the boats J. R. Spear and Goldfield, and unloaded at the Alexander Dock. The film ends with a woman buying fish and then cooking and serving it to her family. It was presented by the Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources.

Archives of Manitoba, A 0237 Films promoting tourism and industry, GR8398, "Commercial Fishing in Manitoba," [ca. 1945-1946], V218
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