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Starting Fire With Gunpowder : [pre-production elements] = Qulaut, George - Interview

Item number (ISN):

341034

Series title:

As Long as the Rivers Flow

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1991-11-06

Item number (ISN):

341034

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

TAMARACK PRODUCTIONS

Accession:

2003-0024

Media:

Sound

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1991-11-06

Production company:

Tamarack Productions
National Film Board

Description:

Recording consists of original sound rolls used in the production of the documentary film STARTING FIRE WITH GUNPOWDER. Recording includes an interview with George Qulaut. Subjects discussed include changes to Inuit culture in the past 40 years, the change from one channel to cable in Igloolik, Inuit nomadic lifestyle versus rural centers, oral tradition versus Inuit television traditions, the Inuit's fascination with gunpowder and its use as a fire starter, and adapting materials such as guns and gunpowder to the Inuit way of life. Interview was conducted in Igloolik, Northwest Territories. <1h 2mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

32~33~34~35~36

Notes:

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1. Tape speed is 7 ½ ips.~2. STARTING FIRE WITH GUNPOWDER is one of a five-part documentary series entitled AS LONG AS THE RIVERS FLOW.~3. Segments of the recording contain "wild" noise interspersed with the interview.~4. Two sound reels, 33 and 34, are included on one reel. Sound reel 33 begins at head. Sound reel 34 begins at tail.~5. Interview with Qulaut ends approximately 2 minutes into sound reel 36. Follows with an interview of Paul Apak.~6. Description based on daily shooting log.

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Vault ISN:

386841

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2003-0024/126
2003-0024/127
2003-0024/143
2003-0024/128

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

386842

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2003-0024/129
2003-0024/130

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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