ESKIMO TRAILS
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✎ Suggest a correction"Father Hubbard, the Glacier Priest, visits King Island and typical scenes of Eskimo life in Alaska. The cliff dwelling natives are seen building a walrus house called the 'umiak,' which is provisioned for the 2,000 mile trip to Wainright, Point Lay, Point Barrow and return. Maps show the course of the trip. With the approach of winter, various types of pancake ice and lily pad ice formations are shown. The film closes with scouting patrol of Eskimos during the frigid weather. 'Recommended for social geography, junior high school and for social science in elementary grades.' Advisory committee"
Complete catalog record
Dewey number: 919.8
Audience level: jh-sh-adult
Producer note: A 20th Century-Fox production available only to schools
Format/cost: 16-sd-apply TFC
Distributors / rental: University of California $1; Father Hubbard Educational Films $2; Films, Inc; Ohio Department of Education; Institutional Cinema Service, Inc $11.50; National Film Service $27; rent $2; Indiana University $1.25; YML $2
Audience level: jh-sh-adult
Producer note: A 20th Century-Fox production available only to schools
Format/cost: 16-sd-apply TFC
Distributors / rental: University of California $1; Father Hubbard Educational Films $2; Films, Inc; Ohio Department of Education; Institutional Cinema Service, Inc $11.50; National Film Service $27; rent $2; Indiana University $1.25; YML $2
Sources
- Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
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