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To the Northwest Passage on Board the Nascopie

Item number (ISN):

106295

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1937

Item number (ISN):

106295

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NICHOLS, D.A.

Accession:

1973-0140

Media:

Film

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1937

Production company:

D.A. Nichols

Production credit:

photographer, David A. Nichols

Description:

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D.A. Nichols, Bureau of Geography and Topography, film record of the RMS Nascopie's Eastern Arctic Patrol of 1937 as it left Montreal on July 10th and returned September 29th. Scenes include: the RMS Nascopie in Montreal; the Abraham Martin; Port Burwell at the northern tip of Labrador; ice; the boat Koksoak; locals and scenery; kayaks; Inoucdjouac, Quebec (formerly known as Port Harrison); Inuit at church; dogs; a young collared polar bear. At Churchill, RMS Nascopie is alongside the freighter Wentworth out of Liverpool. HMS Scarborough. Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut (formerly NWT) and views at Cape Dorset and Kimmirut (formerly known as Lake Harbour) on Baffin Island. Via Clyde River and Pond Inlet to Craig Harbour on Ellesmere Island, ice. Lancaster Sound, Admiralty Inlet to the historic meeting with the ship Aklavik from the western Arctic. Boothia Inuit weir fishing, scenes around Brantford Bay near Fort Ross. Tent interior, Kennedy Inlet, Fort Ross on Beliot Strait. Dr. and Mrs. McKinnon of Pangnirtung, rough weather, icebergs. Scenes on deck, RMS Nascopie off loading and loading, Inuit and other northerners, dogs, RCMP constables changing posts, and Inuit special constables are also seen throughout the film. <30mn>

Language:

Silent with English titles

Notes:

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1. Actuality footage: 50 years from date of creation = copyright expired. ~2. D.A. Nichols brought along his camera to document the voyage. His film was later distributed by the National Museum of Canada as an unpublished lecture film.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

86856

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8207-0030

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

87354

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8207-0031

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

91011

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-3687
7301-3688
7301-3689
7301-3690

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

116146

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8906-0099
8906-0100
8906-0101
8906-0102

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Made from:

7301-3687
7301-3688
7301-3689
7301-3690

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

157315

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9008-0032
9008-0033
9008-0034
9008-0035

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8906-0099
8906-0100
8906-0101
8906-0102

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

196032

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9206-0126
9206-0127
9206-0128
9206-0129

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

8906-0099
8906-0100
8906-0101
8906-0102

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8207-0030
V1 8207-0031

Restrictions on consultation:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions

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