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Record information – Brief Spirits of the Polar Night - The Aurora
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1972/1973Item number (ISN):13475Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA / CONSEIL NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES DU CANADAAccession:1984-0421Media:FilmProduction date:1972/1973Production company:Robert Eather, David Westphal and Brian KaufmanProduction credit:production, Robert Eather, David Westphal, Brian Kaufman: auroral photography, Robert Eather; production assistance, Brenda Hicks, Jonathan Brickman; original music, Michael Colina.Sponsor:National Science Foundation and Research CorporationDescription:A documentary on the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis, also known as the Northern and Southern Lights. This documentary contains the first film footage depicting the movement of the Aurora. Other scenes include numerous personal accounts of the Aurora, including some from Inuit people; the NRC Scientific Support Facility at Fort Churchill, Manitoba; the South Pole observation station and underground control centres; various historical stills of Northern Lights researchers; early time-lapse photographs of the Aurora taken from space; construction of sounding rockets to study the Aurora, and a control room; satellite construction and animations; preparation of cameras to record auroral light, and the images thus obtained; a night launch of a sounding rocket; various shots of the polar research station, with an extra-sensitive real-time television system to record the Aurora; and a barium metal cloud launched towards the Aurora, and the analysis of results. <29mn 44s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:OpenGENCAT identity number:GAD 0FD645Restrictions on consultation:No Restrictions / Pas de restrictionsCopyright status:Under copyright.Copyright owner:Copyright owner: Robert Eather, David Westphal and Brian Kaufman.Reproduction access:with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of NRC, Public RelationsYou can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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