The Eskimo
odd: label: Local Note
content: HSFA 1991.9.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Emerick, Richard G.
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content: Richard Emerick films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (35 minutes, color silent; 1222 feet )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film about Iglulingmiut hunters shot on the island of Igloolik, northeast Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada. Shot between May and October 1954, the film was sponsored by the Danish National Museum and the University Museum, Philadelphia. Footage documents Iglulingmiut fishing and hunting in spring ice with focus on hunters killing and slaughtering seals, walrus, and polar bear and burying a cache of meat for later access during winter. Film also includes footage of some domestic activities in summer camp and archeological work.