| THE GENTLE ART OF FISHING - IN THE ARCTIC Salmon fishing in Labrador - holes are dug in the ice. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6747 |
| Catalog #: | 432686 | |
| Clip Number: | 432686-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 155 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:09 - 01:03:49 | |
| Location: | Labrador, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS/NATIVE AMERICANS: Inuit (Eskimo) FISHING: Ice FISHING: Subsistence LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Description: | THE GENTLE ART OF FISHING - IN THE ARCTIC Salmon fishing in Labrador - holes are dug in the ice. Labrador, Canada Man running on snowshoes followed by 2 teams of sled dogs and their mushers. Next, a man walks holding onto lead dog in team of 3, who are pulling sled w/ pile of fir branches or small trees. He stops and sticks one of these little trees into the snow. LS he comes to ring of poles stuck into the ice; the poles mark the ends of a large net. He shovels snow off small area inside poles; meanwhile another guy is arriving on a dog sled. One man breaks a hole in the ice while the other hangs a tarp around the poles (as a windbreak?). MLS guy trying to spear hole in ice; this must not be the same hole, because there's no poles, etc. MS man bending over hold in ice inside the tarp-covered poles. He pulls up net, taking out fish caught in it. MCU man sticks his hands into the icy water in the hole - according to title this is to warm them up! He pulls out more of net w/ fish. Shot of several men tossing salmon onto a huge pile on the roof of a very primitive small log cabin. | |
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