Don't Knock the Ox

Directed by Tony Ianzelo · 1970

At the annual fair in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, teams of oxen from across the Maritimes and New England compete to drag tons of weight on sleds.

A vivid slice of rural tradition where massive oxen pull up to six tons for glory.

The International Ox Pull, highlight of the Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, annual fair, is a holdover from the pioneer past when oxen cleared the land and tilled the soil. These beasts of burden have lost none of their pullin

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