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Dangers of the Arctic : [excerpt]

Item number (ISN):

246709

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1932

Item number (ISN):

246709

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CONNING, John

Accession:

1996-0073

Media:

Film

Original title:

Dangers of the Arctic

Production date:

1932

Release date:

1932-06-29

Production company:

Explorers Film Co.

Production credit:

director/producer/scenario/photography/narrator, Earl Rossman

Country of production:

us

Distributor name:

Principal Distributing Corp.

Description:

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Shot in Alaska. An Eskimo kills a reindeer, eats the meat, then uses the remains to make a sleigh. A second reindeer is used to tow him home.~The film seems to start in spring. The Eskimo round up herds of wild reindeer and herd them into a corral one mile in circumference. The corral has walls made of ice. Blocks 7 feet high and 4 feet wide are cut from a lake and hauled to the site where the corral is built. There the best reindeer are selected for sled training and the others released. According to the commentary they have been marked. They would normally be set free to breed in the spring.~The Eskimo hold a rodeo where there is racing between sleighs pulled by reindeer.~There is a ritual dance(s) where an Eskimo with two feathers in his hair beats what looks like a soap box hanging from a rope. When he is replaced, he puts the two feathers into the hair of the one who replaces him. Four Eskimos facing him beat drums which look like fans. They beat them from below with long sticks. The dance(s), costumes, and harnesses for the dog teams and reindeer are all typical of Alaska.~At the end the ocean freezing is shown. <12mn 31s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The running time is based on the measured length of the nitrate print.~2. Date of release is for the New York opening.~3. Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) is the only music on the track. There is also a commentary but no live sound.~4. The film was shot at silent speed and runs too fast at sound speed. It may be footage from Rossman's 1925 fiction feature KIVALINA OF THE ICELANDS.

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Vault ISN:

280967

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-7689

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

1.8%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

950155

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

N-7689-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

12:32

Made from:

N-7689

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

950156

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

N-7689.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

12:32

Made from:

N-7689

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

950157

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

246709.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

12:32

Made from:

N-7689

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

950158

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

246709.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

12:32

Made from:

N-7689

Status:

REF
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Open

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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