Geodetic Survey
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Geodetic Survey
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1944Item number (ISN):324464Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and SoundFonds/collection:MANNING, ThomasAccession:1978-0267Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1944Production credit:photography, Thomas ManningDescription:Geodetic survey (Geodetic Service of Canada) in Ungava Bay in Canada's Arctic for which Thomas Henry Manning assisted in the determination of astronomical ground control for photosurveys. Opening scene of a large ship docked near shore. Shots of Inuit community hunting seal, polar bear and dolphin. Footage of: a survey party unloading RCAF CANSO and setting up camp (survey party travelled by aircraft and Peterhead boat); Ella Wallace Jackson or Jack, (Mrs. Manning) and Thomas Manning working with theodolite instrument; incidental views of North land, bodies of water, high cliffs and colony of sea birds; Inuit working on supplies, cutting up narwhal, hoisting dead polar bear aboard ship; and Inuit paddling kayaks and a one-mast coastal vessel. An Inuk white-washing a stone cairn. <16mn 12s>Language:SilentNotes:1. The word Eskimo originally in the description was replaced by Inuit. ~2. In 1944, Thomas Henry Manning was a geographer and a biologist. He was loaned to the Geodetic Service to establish ground control for an aerial survey conducted by the RCAF. Ella Wallace Jackson or Jack, his wife, was appointed as his assistant the following year when the survey was extended to Keewatin. "Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vol 1", by William Mills.Detailed holdings information:Vault ISN:355387Format:FILMLocation number:7810-0015Number of items:1Kind of sound:SILStock:ORIGTechnical description:POSMax. shrinkage:1.5%Made from:DEPOSITStatus:MASTERVault ISN:355388Format:FILMLocation number:7810-0016Number of items:1Kind of sound:SILStock:ORIGTechnical description:POSMax. shrinkage:1.5%Made from:DEPOSITStatus:MASTERVault ISN:355389Format:FILMLocation number:7810-0017Number of items:1Kind of sound:SILTechnical description:POSMade from:DEPOSITStatus:MASTERVault ISN:382664Format:VIDEOLocation number:13-1180Number of items:1Kind of sound:SILMade from:7810-0017Status:REFVault ISN:672857Format:VIDEOLocation number:V1 2014-07-0003Number of items:1Kind of sound:SILDuration:16:13Made from:7810-0017Status:REF -
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