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Newfoundland and the Investigation of the Harp and Hood Seal Fishery, 1948

 Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: D

Scope and Contents

Film by the medical officer on a seal-hunting boat in the ice fields off St. John's. Graphic footage of seals being killed; footage and intertitles illustrate animal exploitation at sea. "Newfoundland and the Investigation of the Harp and Hood Seal Fishery. 1949 Production by Harry R. Lillie"--Film credits.

Dates

  • 1948

Creator

Extent

1 film : Both; Silent; Positive Print; Acetate Base; 24 frames per second; Kodachrome Master Positive ; 16mm

18 minutes

650 feet (Media Diameter: 11 inches)

Language of Materials

English

General

Digitized in 2023 under the WCS Archives' Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Initiative.

Repository Details

Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository

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