Hunting Musk-Ox with Polar Eskimo

Duration: 10 min

Genre: Geography

Creator: Filmosound Lecture film

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound & Silent

Credits: Photographed, edited, and narrated by Commander Donald B. MacMillan

Description: First pictures ever made of musk-ox in natural habitat, very close to North Pole. Photographed, edited, and narrated by Commander Donald B. MacMillan, Arctic explorer, who made 19 trips to the north, some with Peary. Details of preparation, travel hardships, a great herd at bay, capture of young calf, dangers of return trip, seal hunted to avoid starvation, and back home safely.

Metadata Source:Bell & Howell Filmosound Library Catalog of Educational Motion Pictures, 1942