STK-ID 2317

MCS of Richard Finnie examining whale bone (vertebrae) at Dundas Harbour. Shots of prehistoric relics (bones) and ruins of Inuit houses. Shot of pack of Husky dogs. Shot of Inuits at Pond Inlet being kissed by Greenland Inuit sent there to build supply houses at Dundas and Devon. Shot of men unloading lumber for buildings at Kane Basin. Shots of icescape and hills at Kane. Shots of icebergs and icefloes, of polar bears. Shot of two crewmen from CGS Arctic boxing. Shot of glacier at Ellesmere Island. Shots of crew unloading supplies for Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment at Kane Basin, of Arctic offshore at Kane Basin and sequence of Government surveyor at work at Kane as he surveys landscape for location of building. Shot of RCMP constable Fielder in civil clothes and CS of constable Stalworthy replacing Fielder at Kane Basin. (00/00/1925) [Maps of Arctic regions interspersed]

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Arctic Expedition
Location
Dundas Harbour, Pond Inlet
Year
1925
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk, Digital Bétacam
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w, 35mm neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486