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  • Sign at the top of a hill in Port au Prince
  • A slum fire burns out of control near the harbor of Port au Prince.
  • Cathedral sits in ruins.
  • Ruins of residential neighborhoods can be seen mile after mile.
  • Frigate HMCS Halifax in Jacmel Bay, with crew and zodiac in the foreground.
  • Villagers race for water delivered by Canadian Navy helicopter.
  • Evacuees line up to be airlifted out of Haiti.
  • Horrifically overloaded ferryboat with no apparent destination.
  • A camp takes over the cities soccer arena. A game however is underway at the end of the field. Beyond, at the top of the stadium, is a vast graveyard.
  • Long line of people chase relief truck as it prepares to offload food and water.
  • Members of the US 82nd Airborne Brigade on patrol hitch a ride with the Imax truck.
  • Army sergeant looking for remains in a collapsed building.
  • Soldiers pass out packages of food to a long line of villagers.
  • Sleeping quarters are constructed by sailors as children watch.
  • A boy is prepared to an operation on a badly broken leg at Jacmel hospital staffed by NGO volunteer surgeons and nurses.
  • Young musicians play at village hospital church. The congregation sings Glory Halleluiah for the camera in Creole, French, and English.
  • Production crew with transport Huey brought in from western Canada
  • Helicopter equipped with Spacecam IMAX camera rig for the shoot.
February 15, 2010

Haiti Disaster Documented for Rescue Film

A production team from The Stephen Low Company have just completed filming in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti as part of the giant screen film project "Rescue". Filming encompassed on-the-ground and in-the air coverage of the devastated area and emergency relief operations underway. 

On the ground, the crew followed relief operations underway by U.S. Air Force and Canadian Navy personnel and the work of international NGOs working to treat and transport Earthquake victims. Spacecam helicopter aerials captured the extent of the devastation over hundreds of square kilometres of the island. Aerial filming also included coverage onboard giant U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters and views of participating Canadian naval destroyer HMCS Athabascan and frigate HMCS Halifax. 

The Film. Filmed for presentation in IMAX 3D and 2D, Rescue documents the work of U.S. and international counterparts (U.S. Navy, Air Force and Air National Guard and NGOs) and Canada’s naval forces — personnel engaged in the vital work of responding to major disasters and emergencies globally. The film propels giant screen audiences into the extreme, high-stakes world of disaster response, where lives dangle in the balance; where individuals, teams and machines are thrust into chaos in aid of strangers, sometimes into violent human contagions or natural catastrophe, and often at the ends of the Earth. 

About the Project. The production is being filmed in 3D for release to IMAX and other giant screen theatres worldwide. Rescue is produced by The Stephen Low Company in association with K2 Communications.