Geodetic Survey
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Record information – Brief Geodetic Survey
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1944Item number (ISN):324464Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/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:Detailed holdings information: -
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