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Motors Replace Huskies at Great Slave Lake

Item number (ISN):

23114

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1946-02

Item number (ISN):

23114

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

Accession:

1980-0199

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1946-02

Production company:

Fox Movietone News

Description:

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Newsreel footage about a tractor train used to transport supplies 200 miles from Great Slave Lake to Yellowknife. The tractor train consists of sleds hauled by tractors, replacing dog teams. In winter there is no other means of large scale transportation in the area, except for an airlline which flies in goods at a rate of 50 cents a pound. The bulk of the freight moves by railway to the end of the line, then by truck to Hay River, the southern terminus of the tractor train on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. At Hay River, the freight is transferred to a warehouse, but if the tractor train is on hand, it is transferred directly from the trucks to the sleds. Then the train sets out across the ice of Great Slave Lake and the trip ends at Yellowknife. The tractor train runs up against pressure ridges caused by shifting masses of ice. Cracks in the ice and drifting snow are dangers. Footage shows: the village of Hay River; dog team pulling load of wood; close-up of dog team; tractor moving into camera; tractor pulling sled; longshot of freight sled; men loading boxes onto sled; men picking up a box and carrying it to the sled; close-up of box marked "Yellowknife"; lonshot of the loading area; men loading sled; close-up of man checking goods which are being loaded; drums of fuel rolled onto sled; bathtub being lifed onto sled; diamond drill in crate; cook throwing wood into his cabeoose which serves as kitchen and diner; high angle shot of truck arriving in freight yard; men unloading truck contents onto sled; close-ups of men unloading truck contents; cook appears from kitchen with giant doughnut on a fork; longshot of freight yard; man putting tarpaulin over loaded sled; man tightening tarpaulin; two tractors with short train going through village, on their way to marshalling area on the lake, where the train is assembled; train in marshalling area; two sleds being put together; train being assembled; high angle shot of driver starting tractor up; close-up of tractor treads; medium shot of back of train and then side of train; extreme longshot of train in action; high angle shot of snow swirling on ice; longshot of train moving through snowstorm; medium shot of bulldozer plowing through snow; close-up of bulldozer; longshot of train; men covering loaded sleigh with tarpaulin as the train breaks down during a storm; tractor driven up onto boards; longshot of tent being put up over tractor; medium shot of tent being put up over tractor; mediusm shot of train on its way; extreme shot of train on its way; tractor stopping and man getting off; man putting shovel through hole in ice, to check a bad spot in the ice; plane flying over train, dropping a note to say that the crack in the ice ends a few hundred yards to the left; close-up of man in parka watching plane; long shot of plane over train; man running to retrieve note dropped from plane; man picking up note; man reading note; Harry Ingraham, owner and operator of the train, talking to tractor driver and pointing the way; close-up of Ingraham; close-up of tractor treads; side view of train undeway; longshot of sunset; longshots of pressure ridge; long shot of two men walking on ice; men looking at cracks; close-up of men looking at cracks; shots from different angles of men on ridge; plane flying over train and towards camera; man running to get note dropped from train, explaining the route through some pressure ridges; train on move again; various shots of train; high angle longshot of town of Yellowknife;pan to train; longshot of dog team coming up to train; longshot of passenger getting out of dog sled and shaking hads with tractor train driver; medium shot of train approaching Yellowknife; men waving from train; section of train arriving in Yellowknife; Superintendant at Yellowknife shaking hands with tractor driver; and material being unloaded at Hudson's Bay store.

Language:

Mute with English intertitles

Original number:

57-352

Notes:

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1. Subject description is from NFB shotlist which identifies this as Canadian film material approved and passed by Canadian censors and submitted by the National Film Board of Canada.~2. An annotation on the shotlist refers to a fine grain lavender print of 800 feet but the footage here is 667 feet so some scenes described in the shotlist may not actually be on the roll.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

30696

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-4679

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

34517

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8203-0270

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-4679

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

34522

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8203-0271

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8203-0270

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

34525

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8203-0272

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

8203-0270

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

698888

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2014-12-0005

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

101:04

Made from:

8203-0271
9003-0178
9003-0179
9003-0180
9003-0181
9003-0182
9003-0183
9003-0184
9003-0185
9003-0186
8615-4443
8105-0134
8105-0135
8105-0136

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2014-12-0005

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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