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1914 / 1915 - USA Documentary: Bowhead Hunting in the Arctic; Or, the Cruise of the Whaler "Herman" R1 of 5

Reel Number: 220536-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1914,1915,1910s

Country: USA

Location: Arctic,dutch harbor,Gamble,Nome, Alaska,Port Clarence,San Francisco, California,St Lawrence Island,Unalaska

TC Begins: 07:30:59

TC Ends: 07:48:01

Duration: 00:17:02

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1914 / 1915 - Whaler Herman Leaving California, Arriving & Activities w/ Natives in Arctic Titles. 07:31:28 Shipboard leaving San Francisco dock. Movie cameramen & others on dock wave; ship pulling away from dock. POV from ship of men on dock while ship sailing. 07:32:29 Intertitle: Good-bye to San Francisco. Views of city. Sailor cod fishing, pulling in line w/ large cod. 07:33:10 Intertitle: Arrival at Unalaska. Pan coastline w/ snow covered mountains behind Orthodox church, houses. MCU Four young native boys pose. Shipboard, men on deck coiling ropes, other deck work. Pan harbor & various masted ships docked. 07:35:07 Intertitle: Coaling at Dutch Harbor. Shots housing along quayside - coal delivered on board ship by large barrow, shoveled (brief). 07:35:45 Intertitle: Off for the north leaving Dutch Harbor. Tall snowy peaks & coastline. 07:36:05 Intertitle: Dog mobile railroad at Nome 50 miles long - operated only in summer. Team of huskies pulling platform car w/ waving passengers along narrow railway tracks. Repeat stopping & posing. POV on dog cart. 07:37:16 Docked ship; slowly steams away from dock & into harbor w/ black smoke. 07:38:53 Intertitle: Arrival at Port Clarence - Fishing camp on the beach. Pan Eskimos & dogs outside tents, drying racks. MS Eskimo woman sewing w/ root. Children jumping rope. 07:39:50 Intertitle: St Lawrence Island - Natives arriving at ship. High angle / HA from ship, dogs w/ sleds arriving on snow / ice thru / over pressure ridges. 07:40:22 Intertitle: Natives wrestling on the ice, bare-skinned, 20 degrees below zero. Two pairs seen MCU w/ shirts off from ice w/ ship anchored in close background 07:41:29 Intertitle: Off for the village. Dog sled leaving ship surrounded by Eskimos in fur coats watching. MLS Pan tents, dogs & natives; MS in front of skin tent w/ dogs & natives. 07:41:50 Interitle: The village of Gamble, St Lawrence Island. CU women w/ babies on shoulders pose in furs. Dogs & sleds behind. 07:42:34 Intertitle: Hunting the Walrus. MS man w/ harpoon / spear gun in small boat spears walrus laying on ice, but they dive into water; tries again & succeeds. 07:44:38 HA, men in small boats w/ floats alongside ship. Natives on deck w/ walrus heads & tusks. 07:45:13 Intertitle: The ship mascot, a baby walrus. First attempt at feeding. MS Feeding by tube; CU baby walrus in wooden crate of water & on top of hatch. CUs washed; tries to get out of wooden box. Animals; Exploration; Hunters; Explorers; Inuits; Cold; 1910s; Cetaceans; Arctic; NOTE: Partial or entire card sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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