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Great Arctic Seal Hunt = Seal Hunting in the Arctic

Item number (ISN):

326148

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1927

Item number (ISN):

326148

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

FRISSELL, Varick

Accession:

1970-0039

Media:

Film

Original title:

The Swilin' Racket

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1927

Release date:

1928

Production company:

Re-edited version of the original work THE SWILIN' RACKET. - Canada, 1928
Varick Frissell (Producer)

Production credit:

photography, Varick Frissell

Description:

A documentary film about the way of life, courage, skill and hardihood of Newfoundland sealers. Setting sail from Newfoundland aboard the S.S. Beothic, the film follows the sealers as they make their way to arctic seal hunting grounds. Highlighted are difficulties with weather and heavy pack ice, and seal hunting scenes. <25mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Re-release: Canada, 1941.~2. For information on Frissell see: Peter Morris, Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema, 1895-1939 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1978), 204-215.~3. Varick Frissel, the creator of this film, died in 1931 - copyright expired.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

273416

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 7906-0076

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

7703-0071

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

322668

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8102-0012

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

362379

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-4334

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

362380

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-7410

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

362381

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-7411
7301-7412

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

381571

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2003-04-0001

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

656753

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-8465

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

978332

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2003-04-0002

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-4334
9103-0120
7709-0367
9612-0027
9612-0027
9612-0027
9612-0027
9610-0248
9610-0233

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8102-0012
V1 2003-04-0001

Copyright status:

Copyright expired

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Varick Bacon

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