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Major themes covered: magnificent silent color film of Eskimo life in Northern Alaska; produced and edited by Edwin C. Kraft (1955-1965)
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Major themes covered: Eskimo of Nunivak Island
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Major themes covered: unused footage from Sullivan Richardson’s visit to Kotsebue and Nome, Alaska in late 1940s
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Major themes covered: celebrated early documentary from documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty explores the rugged life of Eskimos
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Audio: originally silent, now with narration
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Establishing shot: A static mid-shot on two Eskimos building an igloo. The igloo is on the left. A man walks to the igloo and stands by it while another man is carrying a brick of ice to the igloo.
Named locations: Canadian Eastern Arctic, Hudson’s Bay
Content Note: The film introduces how the Arctic Eskimos hunt seals. The men hunt the seals and the women dissect the seals into parts for different functions. For example, the skin/fur is used for clothing and the oil for food. The seals are one of the major sources of Arctic Eskimos survival. *The film contains animal killing.
Establishing shot: dogsled team
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Major themes covered: hunt for seal meat
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Named locations: Etah, North Greenland (78' 20" North latitude), Sunrise Point, Borah
Major themes covered: Eskimo hunters in kayaks search for walrus: footage from Teens or Twenties; narration added in the early 1930s as a travel-talk.
Native activities shown: Walrus-hunting in traditional manner.
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Native language spoken:none; English voiceover
Noteworthy elements: "Note the intelligence of the Eskimo people."