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White Whale Hunters of Anse aux Basques = L'Anse aux Basques

Item number (ISN):

176816

Series title:

St. Lawrence North

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1959/1960

Item number (ISN):

176816

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Original title:

L'Anse aux Basques

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1959/1960

Production company:

English version
Crawley Films Limited

Production credit:

script, Judith Crawley; narrator, Lloyd Bochner; for complete credits, see ISN 176814

Country of production:

cn

Sponsor:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Follows the Otis brothers, Rosaire and Henri, seal hunters from Anse aux Basques, a village on the north shore of the St. Lawrence between Tadoussac and les Escumins. An area dominated by lumber, paper mills and iron mines - the brothers make their living hunting seals in June and July selling the skins and oil from between two and three hundred harbour seals.~They are shown heading off in a homemade chaloupe - a 16 foot boat with an outboard motor. They surround the seals with a wall of sound from the boat, driving them closer to the shore where they eventually shoot them with repaired rifles. To economize, they make bullets from lead melted over an open fire and cast in a bullet mould forged by an ancient blacksmith.~The brothers are shown looking for work in town, since seal-hunting is a difficult living. They observe a monument in Baie Comeau to the founder of the town and owner of the paper mill, Colonel McCormack of the Chicago Tribune.~Back at sea they prepare harpoons, spears, buoys and ropes to hunt white whales in an effort to diversify. The adult whales reach 18 feet in length, weigh 5000 pounds and are referred to by various names; Beluhka by Russians, Beluga by the French, Marsouin by the people of the river, and as the film says, " the English say, with accuracy, White Whale." They are shown pursuing, harpooning and tracking a wounded whale until it's death. The brothers are the last whale hunters on the river. <29mn 23s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The French series title is AU PAYS DE NEUFVE-FRANCE.~2. For remainder of notes, see ISN 176814.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

168590

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1810/001
8330-1810/002

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.7%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

168595

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1810/100

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

176856

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1810/008

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.3%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

178876

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9112-0063

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Made from:

8330-1810/001
8330-1810/002

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

179392

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9112-0174

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8330-1810/008
9112-0063

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

187936

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1810/007

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

187940

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8330-1810/009

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

187942

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8330-1810/303
8330-1810/304
8330-1810/305

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Technical description:

ACETATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

291650

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9609-0031

Number of items:

1

Duration:

90:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

355284

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2001-02-0003

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

29:25

Made from:

9112-0174

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

778461

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

176816-001.WAV
176816-002.WAV
176816-003.WAV

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

8330-1810/303
8330-1810/304
8330-1810/305

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

677365

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

176816.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9609-0050

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

677366

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

176816.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9609-0050

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

996035

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9609-0050

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V4 8507-0063
8330-0186/203
9112-0174

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9609-0031

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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