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[Sealing Expedition]

Item number (ISN):

5667

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1920/1929

Item number (ISN):

5667

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: STOCK SHOTS

Accession:

1977-0205

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1920/1929

Description:

Two rolls of partially edited shots and sequences, some with commentary titles, showing a sealing expedition out of St. John's, Newfoundland. Sequences and isolated shots throughout, of an Antarctic Baby Avro being used to spot seal herds. Plane is shown dismantled, assembled, in storage on ship, etc. Sequence on men hunting seals on the ice, killing and skinning them. Views of the 2100-ton Job Brother and Company sealing ship, the S.S. Beothic, with two-shot of Captain George Barbour and skipper "Key" Barbour. Other ships involved are the Ranger, the Sagona, and the Thetis. The Nascopie appears also, with her bow cutting through the ice. Ships and men are shown from ground positions, from the air. Ships move through icefloes, and sometimes getting stuck in the ice. Views of the Labrador coast, and of St. John's harbour. Fishing expedition with a flying boat. Final sequence on an Avro 594 Avian III C-CAWI on skis near a stone cairn on a lonely beach. <56mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

1920-129-1~1920-129-2

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Vault ISN:

5267

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8510-0005

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

123059

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7706-0998
7706-0999

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

123060

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7706-1000
7706-1001

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8510-0005

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD579

Restrictions on consultation:

Open

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the NFB, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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