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Lawren Harris and A.Y. Jackson in the Arctic : [descriptive commentary]

Item number (ISN):

189471

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1975

Item number (ISN):

189471

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

HAYCOCK, Maurice

Accession:

1975-0164

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1975

Production company:

National Archives of Canada

Production credit:

interviewer, Richard Lochead

Description:

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Descriptive commentary by Dr. Maurice Haycock while viewing film footage of the visit of Lawren Harris and A.Y. Jackson, Group of Seven members, to the arctic in 1930 and 1932, and interviewed by Moving Image and Sound archivist, Richard Lochead. <30mn>~Scenes described by Maurice Haycock for film reel number one include: Cape Sparbo; Godhavn, Greenland; George P. Mackenzie, expedition leader; icebergs; boat, The Mauricie; Seargent Joy; Inuk Lukapingua (sp?) who went to the North Pole; Etah; Beothic in the ice; store house at Fram Haven; unloading supplies; typical RCMP boat; chasing a pig; crew of 35 to 40; and stormy weather at sea. ~ISN 189471 ---- Scenes described by Maurice Haycock for film reel number two include: expedition working its way towards Dundas Harbour; iceberg; Seargent Joy; Craig Harbour or Dundas Harbour RCMP post; dogs - comment about last year that RCMP used dogs but dogs still in use in Greenland; comment about Joy as a great traveller, and when he became an inspector; using lead line for sound; Captain Falk, formerly a sealer - comment about his good navigational skills; iceflow; comment about time of year when ice freezes over; pig brought up to supply food for one of the posts; polar bears; Inukjuuk; comment about Inuit rations of seal; pig; Ponds (sic) Inlet Inuit (natives); Inuit girls coming aboard the Beothic; comment about early contact and the role of the RCMP; Anglican and Catholic priests; A.Y. Jackson and Lawren Harris at Albert or Eric Harbour, Bernier's old post; Inuit encampment; comment about encampments moved into towns; glacier; comment about Maurice Haycock's role in a previous similar expedition as a geologist and surveyor; east coast of Baffin Island; comment on whether A.Y. Jackson edited film; near Coats Inlet; pig onboard; encampment at Pangnirtung; comment on Inuit population and smoking; wood supplies; unloading supplies at high tides; comment on interpreters and learning to speak Inuktitut; dogs running loose; Inuk woman, wife of Oomali scraping sealskin; comment about his stay with Oomali and his wife; Seargent Joy; comment about problems with dogs; boat; live ptarmigan; A.Y. Jackson; Port Burwell; RCMP post and Moravian Mission around the point; comment on A.Y. Jackson painting "Northern Lights" at this location, which is now in the Art Gallery of Ontario; Lake Harbour?; comment on George Valiquette's footage of previous Eastern Arctic Patrols shot on 35mm film; Inuit children; and docked at North Sydney. <33mn 49s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The commentary accompanies the film LAWREN HARRIS AND A.Y. JACKSON IN THE ARCTIC.~2. The outdated term Eskimo is used throughout the commentary.

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Vault ISN:

573796

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00590

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

1975-0087
FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

573799

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00591

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

578353

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

189471-C00590.wav
189471-C00591.wav

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

C00590
C00591

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Library and Archives Canada.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictionsMaurice Haycock died 23 December 1988.

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