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On to Ungava

Item number (ISN):

100780

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1931

Item number (ISN):

100780

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

WILLIAMS, Massey

Accession:

1973-0228

Media:

Film

Original title:

On to Ungava

Part:

7 of 7

Production date:

1931

Production company:

R. Massey Williams (Photography)

Production credit:

photography, R. Massey Williams

Description:

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A record of a May 1930 to October 1931 prospecting expedition to the Ungava region, undertaken for the C.W. Knight Prospecting Company. The members of the party included Kenneth G. Ellard of West Templeton, Quebec; John B. Racicot of Laverlochere, Quebec; Howard G. Pullan of Montreal; and R. Massey Williams of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who filmed the expedition. The four prospectors and First Nations guides, leave Coral Rapids on May 20, 1930, and travel to Moose Factory, Ontario, then to Eastmain, Quebec. They load a rail motor truck and travel by canoe on the Abitibi River. Sequences include scenes at Eastmain where they are greeted by the Cape Jones Island? Inuit settlement, at Whapmagoostui (formerly known as Great Whale River), and at Lac Tasiujaq (formerly known as Richmond Gulf). A snowy owl is held up by its wings. The party canoes, portages, and camps on the way to Kuujjuaq (formerly known as Fort Chimo). They go overland by the Stillwater, Larch and Kolsoak [sic] Rivers. Footage records activity around the Kuujjuaq (formerly known as Fort Chimo) Hudson's Bay Company store and at the George River post and the winter camp. Christmas is celebrated at the camp, and New Years at the post. Sequences show dog teams and games organized for the Inuit by the prospectors. Footage records winter trips to Port Burwell and Kuujjuaq (formerly known as Fort Chimo). Several Inuit accompany the party, one dies on the way and is given a funeral. Scenes of summer on the east coast of Ungava Bay include shots of Payne Bay, of travel on the Payne River, and of seal hunting. The trip is recapped and the men return home via Port Burwell on the S.S. Beothic. <1h 16mn 17s>

Subjects:

DOGSLEDDING~GAMES~HUNTING~INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA~INUIT~NORTHERN CANADA~PROSPECTING~QUEBEC ~TRADING POSTS~UNGAVA BAY ~BEOTHIC

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Report of the expedition available in the acquisition file.~2. The running time is based on the measured length of the archives' master print calculated at 18 fps.~3. Under copyright until 31 December 2018.~4. There is a spelling error: Kolsoak should read Koksoak River.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

87310

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-2839
7301-2840
7301-2841
7301-2842
7301-2843
7301-2844
7301-2845

Number of items:

7

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

87312

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-2846
7301-2847
7301-2848

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-2839
7301-2840
7301-2841
7301-2842
7301-2843
7301-2844
7301-2845

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

87315

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-2849
7301-2850

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-2846
7301-2847
7301-2848

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

87321

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0255-1
13-0255-2

Number of items:

2

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

87323

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8210-0005

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

221255

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9311-0057

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-2839

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

700948

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

100780.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

77:00

Made from:

7301-2839
7301-2840
7301-2841
7301-2842
7301-2843
7301-2844
7301-2845

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

699558

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2014-12-0014

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

77:00

Made from:

7301-2839
7301-2840
7301-2841
7301-2842
7301-2843
7301-2844
7301-2845

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

700935

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

100780-001
100780-002
100780-003
100780-004
100780-005
100780-006
100780-007

Number of items:

7

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

77:00

Made from:

7301-2839
7301-2840
7301-2841
7301-2842
7301-2843
7301-2844
7301-2845

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8210-0005
V1 2014-12-0014

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 15775

Restrictions on consultation:

Open

Donor restrictions:

Reproduction requires the permission of the estate of Richard Massey Williams, for uses other than research and educational purposes.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of donorAs a courtesy, the copyright owner/donor would appreciate notification when the material is incorporated in any such historical documentary; if possible, and if practical, it would be appropriate to provide a copy of such a documentary to the copyright owner/donor.As of April 2016, the donor stipulates: This material can be reproduced for research and educational use without the permission of the copyright owner. Copyright owner: Estate of R. Massey Williams. The permission of the donor is required to reproduce this material for other than research and educational purposes.

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