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[Governor General Taken into Indian Tribe]

Item number (ISN):

188389

Series title:

[Universal Newsreel]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1951-08-08

Item number (ISN):

188389

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

UNITED STATES. NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Accession:

1981-0144

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1951-08-08

Production company:

Universal Pictures

Description:

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Governor General Viscount Alexander of Tunis is welcomed as an honorary member of the Blackfoot Confederacy at Standoff, Alberta. Included: a long shot of Native Indians on horseback dressed in traditional costumes; medium shot of men singing and beating drums; Native man on horse with a woman standing beside the horse; close-up of Blackfoot wearing a ceremonial head-dress; the Governor General shaking hands with an unidentified Blackfoot man; Viscount Alexander walking in a field with two Chiefs; ceremony performance; the Governor General having his face painted and having a head-dress placed on his head; medium shot of two boys; Viscount Alexander of Tunis reading from a scroll reads "To Whom these presents may Concern. Greetings. These are to certify that His Excellency the Right Honorable, The Viscount Alexander of Tunis was on the 8th day of August 1951 A.D. at the Blood Indian Sun Dance Blood Reserve initiated as an honorary member of the Blood Band of the Blackfoot Confederacy under the name of Honorary Chief Eagle Head as attested by signatures set out here under, Chief Percy Creighton, Chief Joe Bull Shields, Chief Joe Cotton, Chief Jim Whitebull, Chief Frank Red Crow, Chief Charles Davis, Chief Heavy Shield, Chief Fred Tall Feather, Chief Morris Many Fingers, Chief Jack Kind Bull, Chief Mike Eagle Speaker, Chief Harry Big Throat, [Chief Chief Mountain]"; a medium shot of Chief Eagle Head at microphone; shot of the Chiefs; a ceremonial head-dress placed on an unidentified boy; Chief Eagle Head smoking a ceremonial pipe; the new Chief dancing with elderly Native woman.

Language:

Mute

Original number:

Vol. 24~Rel. 483A

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

180015

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8108-0106

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

227999

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9404-0194

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

9405-0024

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

228152

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9405-0024

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

8108-0106

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

356002

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2001-02-0224

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

976592

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2001-02-0043

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

9302-0006
8108-0106
9610-0361
9610-0362
9610-0363
8502-0131
8504-0046
8504-0051
8502-0074
8504-0091
8502-0095
8502-0098

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1046659

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

8108-0106-DPX

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

1:40

Made from:

8108-0106

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2001-02-0224

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Copyright waived.

Reproduction access:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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