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The Arctic Adventure

Item number (ISN):

280230

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1976

Item number (ISN):

280230

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

BEBENSEE, Lyle

Accession:

1985-0416

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1976

Production company:

Lyle Bebensee Productions

Production credit:

director, [Lyle Bebensee]; scenario, Phillip Hudsmith; photography, Lyle Bebensee; Phillip Hudsmith; Hilary Long; Robert Crone; art director, Ray Rix

Cast credit:

John Cutts, Peter Glenn, Nick Nicholls, Terence Durant, John Swindells, Robert Godin, Kenneth Ryan, Jack Anthony, Roger Perlard, Monica Dudley, Francois Arsouze, Wally Michaels, Bob Becks

Description:

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Documentary examining Canada's north and its exploration.~Reel 1: Early explorers of the north including the Vikings, Martin Frobisher, Henry Hudson, Samuel Hearne, William Baffin, and Captain Edward Perry. Other scenes of note include Perry's expedition to the North Pole and the first steam boat to enter Arctic waters.~Reel 2: The explorers of the 1800s including John Franklin, Edward Belcher, Captain John Norris, and Robert E. Peary. Topics of note include the Franklin rescue mission to the Arctic and the search for the North West passage.~Reel 3: Exploration of the north in the 1900s. Footage includes: the 1908 expedition to the North Pole by Fredrick Cook; Richard S. Finnie, a radio operator C.G.S. Arctic, discusses the frustrations of Bernier who claimed northern land for Canada; 1915 archival footage of sled dogs; an interview with Moira Dunbar concerning the existance of "Crockerland"; the first flight to the North Pole; and the first airship to the North Pole.~Reel 4: Northern exploration in the late 1900s. Footage includes: an interview with Brigadier General Keith R. Greenaway R.C.A.F. concerning the 1958 flight of the airship NORAG to the North Pole; the first submarine to reach the North Pole, the U.S.S. Nautilus; geologist J. Wm. Kerr, Phd. discusses the North West passage; Dr. Graham W. Rowley discusses the jointly run Canadian, U.S. and Duth weather stations; and the first skidoo trip to the North Pole. <2h>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Includes the film LEGEND OF THE SNOWBABY, also a Bebensee production. See ISN 20251.~2. Four 16mm reels with can labels 9, 10, 11, 12.~3. The cast provide voices only.~4. Description provided by David Cowdery.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

885823

Format:

FILM

Location number:

35107AV
35108AV
35109AV
35110AV
35111AV
35112AV
35113AV
35114AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

8

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

885836

Format:

FILM

Location number:

35115AV
35116AV
35117AV
35118AV
35119AV

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

885838

Format:

FILM

Location number:

35120AV
35121AV
35122AV
35123AV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

885842

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

35124AV
35125AV
35126AV
35127AV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

885923

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

35331AV
35332AV
35333AV
35334AV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

916788

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

280230-001.WAV
280230-002.WAV
280230-003.WAV
280230-004.WAV

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

119:49

Made from:

35331AV
35332AV
35333AV
35334AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

969081

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

35124AV-001.WAV
35124AV-002.WAV
35124AV-003.WAV
35125AV-001.WAV
35125AV-002.WAV
35125AV-003.WAV
35126AV-001.WAV
35126AV-002.WAV
35126AV-003.WAV
35127AV-001.WAV
35127AV-002.WAV
35127AV-003.WAV

Number of items:

12

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

119:49

Made from:

35124AV
35125AV
35126AV
35127AV

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright holder : no donor restrictions. With the permission of Kinetic Film Enterprises Ltd. (Ms. Frances Broome).Frances Broome acts as an agent for Mr. Bebensee.

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