A Dog's Life in the North Woods
odd: label: General
content: HSFA 1999.3.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Laszlo, Andreas E.
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content: Andreas E. Laszlo films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (11 minutes, color sound; 375 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1948
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 directed and photographed by Andreas E. Laszlo, M.D. and produced and distributed by Hawley Lord, Inc. of the Cree Indians' dogs during  winter trapping near an unnamed tributary of the Jennings, close to Teslin Lake, British Columbia.  Dogs are shown being fitted with packs and travelling through wooded areas and crossing rivers, a frozen lake, and open barrens.  Narration explains the importance of dogs to the Cree and how they are fitted for carrying packs.  Also shown are making a trap from a sapling and wire noose and setting traps using fallen trees and limbs.  At the base camp, women are shown preparing red squirrel skins for sale or trade and a man is briefly shown preparing a lynx skin.  

Legacy Keywords: Animal traps ; Winter ; Dogs Canada