STK-ID 38677

Port Harrison Inuits: ELS of small group of people on white expanse. ELS of settlement of Port Harrison on Ungava Peninsula, on Quebec shore of Hudson's Bay. LS of Hudson Bay post. FOLLOW SHOT of two Inuits walking towards and entering post, much snow everywhere. ELSs of two-three Inuits coming out of post, walking away. Similar shot of Inuits driving away on skidoos. LS of settlement church. Cut to LS of telecommunications antennae, stations, full clothesline flapping in breeze. MLS of Inuit woman driving motorized toboggan on path, going off path and stopping against a rock. She steps off the machine, points it in the proper direction and moves off again past two unconcerned white men in the extreme foreground. ELSs of woman and child walking, clothesline in background. MSs of group of Inuit kids on steps of building, others coming in and out of building. ZOOM OUT and FOLLOW SHOT as some walk away. Shots of kids playing on a high snow pile.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Telecommunications: Behind the Scenes
Location
Nord-du-Quebec (region)
Year
1972
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm
Shooting format
35mm eastman color neg
Aspect ratio
4/3