Eskimo Trails
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.4
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans), 1888-1962
label: Collection Creator
content: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Father Bernard Hubbard collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white sound; 360 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939
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 depicting Hubbard's umiaq trip which was taken in search of evidence to support his theory that the Eskimos had migrated recently to North America from Asia. Voyage is from King Island to Barrow, Alaska showing scenes along the way at Wainwright, Point Lay (children playing teeter-totter and blanket toss), and Point Barrow. Also shown are the Inupiat of King Island constructing the umiaq including making a driftwood frame and women sewing on the walrus hide cover. Film concludes with Hubbard and crew returning to King Island before a storm (shown are shots of "pancake" and "lily pad" ice) and the King Islanders dancing.