A MODEL SHARK Basking shark is harpooned so it can be used for a model for the Smithsonian Institute.
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	Catalog #:	111399
	Clip Number:	111399-1
	Orginal Film:	62/67
	Timecode:	01:10:00 - 01:10:58
	Location:	Vancouver, Canada
	Year Shot:	1962 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	ANIMALS/FISH: Sharks FISHING: Shark LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver
	Description:	"VANCOUVER - A MODEL SHARK". Canada. LS fisheries boat 'Comox Post' on water. On board the ship Doctor Murray A Newman, Curator of the Vancouver Aquarium and Captain Don Brooks look at a chart on board the 'Comox Post'. C/U of harpoon being sharpened. L/S of rocks with waves beating round them. Commentator explains they are hunting for a Basking Shark for use as a model from which they'll cast two artificial sharks, one for the Aquarium and one for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. We see the shark's fins in the water. The ship comes alongside for the kill. Man harpoons the shark. Good footage of unpleasant act. The ship tows the shark back to the Kildonan packers wharf. There it is hauled out of the water and put on a trolley. Two men take notes. The shark is taken off on a fork lift truck.

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