Tip top of the earth : Arctic Alaskan eskimo educational series, part 2 ; NA-86.5.1
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Van Valin William ;
- Editeurs : [Washington, D.C.] Smithsonian Institution ;
- Date d'édition : 1916-1918
- Sujets : Inuits -- Moeurs et coutumes -- DVD -- Alaska (États-Unis), Baleines, Loisirs, Alaska (États-Unis) -- Découverte et exploration -- DVD, Archives audiovisuelles, Films ethnographiques
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD (1 h 02 min), : N. et bl., video, muet
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Human studies Film Archives-Smithsonian Institution, : North America.
Notes
Guide de la collection Human Studies Film Archives ; Http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=Tip+top+of+the+earth
Résumé
Edited film shot of an expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska financed by John Wanamaker in association with the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The film, later toured in a film-lecture series by Van Valin, is known under the main title TIP TOP OF THE EARTH: Alaskan Eskimo Educational Series. Series includes the titles: SCENES AT NOME, ALASKA; ESKIMO SPORTS; SCENES AT POINT BARROW, ALASKA; ESKIMO REINDEER INDUSTRY; ESKIMO SEAL HUNTING; ESKIMO WHALING [Parts I and II]; and MIDNIGHT SUN SCENES. This earliest known footage of Inupiat Eskimo life at Point Barrow includes documentation of traditional Eskimo subsistence activities around the pursuits of whaling, reindeer herding, and seal hunting. Also documented are various Eskimo recreational activities in Nome and at Point Barrow including drumming, dancing, and the tossing games of nelakatuk that accompany communal festivities after spring whaling. Archive filmique numérisée par la Smithsonian Institution (Human Studies Film Archives)