Unknown Falls: John Kernan's Exploration in Central Labrador
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1995.3.1
name: label: Creator
content: Kernan, John
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Labrador (N.L.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Captain Edward Farley in 1995.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kernan, John
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (black-and-white silent)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1928
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1995.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage of an expedition of Churchill River and another in central Labrador to Churchill Falls and then back down to Goose Bay settleemnt. Scenes of canoeing and poling through rapids, traversing rapids, using a sail on a canoe, negotiating waterfalls. Members of expedition pose with caribou antlers. Goose Bay Company Trading Post at settlement.

Legacy Keywords: Canoeing Canada ; Fauna caribou antlers Canada ; Expeditions river Canada ; Travel by water Canada ; Trading posts Goose Bay Company Canada ; Waterfalls Canada ; Canadians

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