| THE SEAL HUNTERS Men walking across snowy landscape to kill seals - dynamite used to free their ship from the ice. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6749 |
| Catalog #: | 432799 | |
| Clip Number: | 432799-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 161 | |
| Timecode: | 01:16:58 - 01:21:02 | |
| Location: | Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Baby Animals ANIMALS/MARINE MAMMALS: Seals HUNTING: Seal LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Misc | |
| Description: | THE SEAL HUNTERS Men walking across snowy landscape to kill seals - dynamite used to free their ship from the ice. Canada LS Team on deck of ship setting out from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. MLS 4 of the kinda grubby looking men start dancing as out of square dance on deck while the others watch. Wide shot looking out across the "ice packs" - floating islands of hard ice and snow in the cold cold water of the North Atlantic Ocean. Shot from ship, w/ diag. bar in FG, looking across water to group of seals lying on ice. Wide shot crew of many men set out walking across the ice carrying long sticks and spears. A few closer shots of the hunters scrambling over ice. One guy jumping from one floating ice chunk to another. MCU 2 seals; stick pokes at them causing one to react defensively. CU baby seal. Wide shot hunters walking back across ice, dragging seals behind them. Wide shot hunters stand around watching while the ship slowly moves through the ice pack; the ice has closed in around them and they must blast their way out. LS man bending down and poking into water w/ stick, planting dynamite; then he and several others with him run. Shot of explosion sending up a big splash of ice and water. Wide shot crew in a long line pulling on rope to free the ship; pan left to ship moving slowly. Closer shot from other side: ship moving to left, breaking through ice. (Title says this was after 10 days of hard work!) Front diag.shot ship's bow breaking through ice. Wide shot crew running across ice. Shot from ship of crew climbing aboard. Wider shot of ship slowly steaming along. | |
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