STK-ID 52568

Large-vessel seal hunt. HAS from bridge of sealing ship moving through ice floes, pans of harp seal whitecoat pelts are stacked on deck, a sealer jump onto floe and attaches cable to pan of pelts on ice, shot of pan being reeled in leaving a bloody trail on ice, CS as it comes over the side, shots of sealers returning to ship (1:09). POVS from starboard side of ship moving through dense ice floes (0:23). MS of pans being hauled on board (0:16). CSs of sealer on deck cutting off foreflippers from pelts, CS of bloody pile of flippers on deck (0:29). MLS of sealing vessel making its way through dense ice floes, heading towards pan of harp seal pelts on ice, seen from helicopter hovering above ice in front of ship, chopper gains altitude and passes over ship, deck is covered with chilled pelts (0:40). MLS of stopped ship with ridged ice floes in foreground (0:30).

DETAILS

Excerpt from
SEAL HUNT
Location
Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Year
1980
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 16 mm, Digital Bétacam, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
16mm original ektachrome
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486