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Thar She Blows

Date released

8 Nov 1945

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1533

NoS ID

039769

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

World’s largest whaling ship sails on Antarctic voyage, with 20,000 tons whale oil as the prize.

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Chile Whalers Enjoy Record Winter Season

Date released

16 Aug 1951

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2135

NoS ID

043209

Story no

2 / 6

South American Whaling Fleet make big catch of whales just off Cape Horn.

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Jap Whalers Fish Again

Date released

21 Jul 1947

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1710

NoS ID

040625

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

While whale steaks are to the forefront on Britain’s menu, Jap whaling fleet puts to sea in order to augment Japan’s fast dwindling food supply.

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Antarctic Whale Hunt

Date released

Oct 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

12

NoS ID

347013

Story no

1 / 2

NoS synopsis: A modern whalehunt in the Antarctic. The films follows the expedition from the launch of the whaling shop to the end of the first season of work.

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Grindabod (1966 Film)

Producer
Douglas Fisher

Subject
Anthropology

Distribution
Film (16mm)

Shows something of the way of life on the Faroes, the group of islands midway between Scotland and Iceland. There is a long sequence on the slaughter of pilot whales by villagers who depend on the whales for...
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Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2007)

Subject
Art; Media studies

Distribution
Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £15.99

Described by The Village Voice as ‘an astonishingly voluptuous skeleton key to Matthew Barney’, this documentary follows artist Matthew Barney (best known for The Cremaster Cycle) and his collaborator,...
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Muktuk (1983 Video)

Director
Graham Johnston

Subject
Anthropology

Distribution
Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 2000 sale: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shot on the mosquito-ridden shores of the Mackenzie Delta in Canada’s North-West Territories, the film deals with the annual beluga (white whale) hunt. Follows three families who have migrated 110 miles in...
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Prince Philip’s Tour

Date released

1957

Series name

Transatlantic Teleview

Issue no

29

NoS ID

329693

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: The world tour of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, as described by him during his film and lantern slide lecture to schoolchildren in London’s Royal Festival Hall. The tour, showing his...

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Whale Tale!, A (2008 Multimedia)

Series
Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, The

Audio drama podcast series. In this episode Dr. Floyd (Doug Price) and Dr. Steve (Grant Baciocco) find themselves aboard a whaling ship where Dr. Steve has a fiery exchange with Melville’s Captain Ahab...
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