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Through the Northwest Passage: 1940-1942

Item number (ISN):

5666

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1940/1942

Item number (ISN):

5666

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.

Accession:

1973-0127

Media:

Film

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1940/1942

Production company:

Associated Screen News Ltd.

Production credit:

photography/editing, F.S. Farrar

Sponsor:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Description:

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This film details the voyage of the wooden schooner St. Roch and her eight man crew as they sail from Vancouver, British Columbia to Halifax and Lunenberg, Nova Scotia via the Northwest Passage. Due to severe Arctic conditions the voyage took almost 28 months, beginning on June 27th, 1940 in Vancouver and arriving in Halifax on October 11, 1942 and Lunenberg on November 10, 1942. The film describes it as a "unique voyage in the history of navigation".~Vancouver Harbour and the beginning of the voyage. Shots include: a map of the route to be taken; ship on the water under gale force winds; waves crashing onto the ship's deck; interior shot of ship and crew member telegraphing; men on deck in parkas; steering the ship; view of ice flows on the water; sun sparkling off the water; view from the ship's lookout; and polar bears in water and on ice flows.~Cambridge Bay. Shots of Inuit life and interaction with crew members. Includes: shot of an old wooden ship which sank; close-up of dogs; children playing with the dogs; crew members and Inuit speaking with one another; an Inuit mother and her child; and several close-ups of numerous Inuit.~Walker Bay. Camp where crew stayed during first winter. Shots include: a panorama of the land around Walker Bay as seen from the ship; unloading barrels of supplies into row boats; sequence on the art of fishing from the cutting of ice holes with a saw to the catching of fish with nets and spears; shot of the "RCMP St. Roch Ottawa" snowed in; close-up of crew members in parkas; dog sled loaded with blocks of ice; Inuit child and dog; preparing a sled; greasing the sled runners; loading sled; sled team leaving; RCMP camp; building igloos; winter storm; dogs outside in storm; cutting open a seal and removing the innards; various shots of Inuit eating; dogs being thrown meat; sled being loaded with pelts; women harnessing dogs; crew members breaking up ice in front of boat; sequence on spring in Walker Bay including: men lounging on grass; drinking from a stream; getting the St. Roch ready to sail; hauling in a catch of fish with nets; Canada geese feeding; baby birds; skin tents and Inuit children milling about; cleaning and drying pelts; and various shots of a boat departing.~Tuk Tuk. This seems to be a trading post. Shots include: ice floes on the water; the settlement at Tuk Tuk as seen from the boat; men unloading boat; Inuit boat loaded with furs; and the "Hudson's Bay Trading Company" building.~King William Island. Inuit boat and St. Roch travelling together. Shots include: crew member in ship's lookout; ice flows on water; polar bear swimming; polar bear roped and harnessed by crew members; polar bear brought on board (we are not shown what happens next); steering the ship; Inuit children and dogs; Inuit boat leaving; and a burial monument.~Pasley Bay. RCMP camp during the second winter. Shots include: life on board the St. Roch; navigating; playing with dogs; men pulling and pushing sled across the ice; unloading barrels; ship frozen in; men skating; shot of ship looking very small among several ice bergs; Inuit women sewing; Inuit baby; Inuit couple; loading sled and dogs; grave marked by a cross and stone cairn; water flowing in the spring; water rushing over rocks; and a boat leaving.~Pond Inlet. Shots include: various shots of water and ice flows; numerous adult and baby walrus swimming and lounging on beach; boat moving through ice; waves washing over the St. Roch; whale as seen from ship; dolphins jumping; view of the open water dotted with a convoy; plane overhead; and a view of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the final destination. ~Halifax and Lunenberg. RCMP in uniform looking out from ship in [Halifax]; [Halifax] harbour; Lunenberg, Nova Scotia; local shops including "Adams Knickle" and "Lunenberg Sea Product"; and the RCMP standing at attention. <32mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The St. Roch serviced the Western Arctic from 1928 onward as part of the RCMP land detachment.~2. Excerpts from ARCTIC THRILLS courtesy of Castle Films.~3. Crown copyright over 50 years - copyright expired.~4. ARCTIC THRILLS incorporates footage shot during the 1927 voyage to Baffin Island of the schooner Ernestina Morrissey and used in Pathé newsreels. ~5. The ARTIC THRILLS footage used in this film includes shots of seals, sea lions and polar bears being captured, as well a ship sailing past an iceberg that has a large hole in it and a ship's crew bracing against the waves on a sharply tilted deck (the footage of the polar bear being hoisted onto the deck is not shown in the version under IDC ISN 43483.~6. This film differs from the version under IDC ISN 43483 in that this includes an ASN production number and the opening credit that this was recorded at Associated Screen Studios, Montreal. ~7. This film shows more scenes of the Lunenberg waterfront than does the version at IDC ISN 43483.~8. Duplicate footage found in ISN 43483, ISN 464046, ISN 444943, and ISN 64409.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

5267

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8510-0005

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

16754

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-7476

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

18639

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8212-0027

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

31085

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-0912
N-0913
N-0914

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

53179

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8706-0224
8706-0225
8706-0226

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-0912
N-0913
N-0914

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

380239

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2003-02-0032

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

843882

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5666-001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

32:00

Made from:

7301-7476

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

978270

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2003-02-0060

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

7301-7476
8706-0224
8706-0225
8706-0226
7706-1272
7706-1274
7706-1275
7706-1276
8710-0295
8710-0279
7301-8483
7301-8488

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1107475

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

7301-7476-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

33:00

Made from:

7301-7476

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1107476

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

8706-0224.WAV
8706-0225.WAV
8706-0226.WAV

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

33:00

Made from:

8706-0224
8706-0225
8706-0226

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1107477

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5666.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

32:30

Made from:

7301-7476-DPX
8706-0224.WAV
8706-0225.WAV
8706-0226.WAV

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1107478

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

5666.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

32:30

Made from:

5666.MOV

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8510-0005
V1 8212-0027
V1 2003-02-0032

Restrictions on consultation:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Copyright owner:

Associate Screen News

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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