Collection search - Prairie Seasons

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Prairie Seasons

Item number (ISN):

428801

Series title:

Trilogy of Manitoba Wildlife

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1972

Item number (ISN):

428801

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CRAWLEY FILMS LIMITED

Accession:

1983-0373

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1972

Production company:

Crawley Films Limited

Production credit:

Produced by Kip Park, Cinematography George Cotter, Script Dr. Robert Oetting and Dr. Robert Nero, Music by Victor Davies, Narration Keith Smith.

Sponsor:

Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources

Description:

In 1972 the film Prairie Seasons won first prize in a competition sponsored by the American Association for the Conservation of Information. Second in the Trilogy of Manitoba Wildlife this film shot over several seasons' documents critters, animals and birds, small and large in their natural habitat. Beautifully photographed at a safe distance we catch a rare glimpse of the natural world untouched by man.
“These films show some of the most unique scenes of outdoor Manitoba ever seen on the screen, the dialogue is intended to give the viewer an insight into the interrelationships of nature.-Mr.Green

Language:

English

Notes:

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1.Although included in this Crawley Films accession no confirmation could be found that any of the three films in this series were produced by Crawley Films Ltd. There is documentation that The Trilogy of Manitoba Wildlife films were produced by Cotter Wildlife Productions a company based in Winnipeg and owned by George Cotter the director and Cinematographer of this series as well as many other award winning nature films.~2.Born George Stuart Grenfell Ironside Cotter in 1915 into a family firmly seated within the history books of this country. His grandfather James Cotter responsible for managing Hudson Bay Company outposts on Moose Factory Island as well as the settlement of Whale River in northern Quebec, was also a pioneer of early photography. Credited with a collection of prints documenting the struggles of man's effort to take a foothold in the harsh environment of the Canadian north. Some of his prints circa 1872 can be found within the collections of both the LAC as well as the HBC archives under the name J.L.Cotter.~3.For each title within this trilogy of wild life films the only elements currently found from this accession are the ¼” final mix audio masters and a work print cutting copy. There are optical tracks printed onto the work prints, but only a small percentage of the scenes have any actual sound, the majority of it just printed silence. The prints are useful as a visual reference but without titles and badly damaged they give only a glimpse of what the finished projects would turn out to be. At the point of writing these vault records no other elements for these titles were found.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

271265

Format:

FILM

Location number:

21839AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

271266

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

21840AV
21841AV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

775409

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

428801-001.WAV
428801-002.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

21840AV
21841AV

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

open

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under Copyright

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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