Summary

Life on the Land

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Life on the Land
File Number: DN-S-264 1 inch
Color: B W
Type: Educational
Year: 1950s
Subjects: Aerials
Description: B W 1950s Ecology of Canadian Arctic. WS Arctic coast of Canada, mist, hills, darkness. Rocky land, clear sky, lichen-covered rocks. VS of landscape, film is scratched in places, otherwise good shots. Snow melts, streams, moss growing, flowers. Glacier valleys. AV of valley, water everywhere, it can't soak into ground because it's frozen. MCU plants, poppy plants, saxafrage ?, fire weed, wall flowers. Pans across landscape, VS. Weather-snowing, blizzard, sunset. Animals-muscocks ? feeding, running. White hares, lemming, birds. Thaw. Seasons-Spring in Arctic, flock of birds in sky. CU of bird's head. Nesting. Mid-Summer, eggs hatch, baby owls, gosling runs across ground. Hare and lemming suckling. Dead animals, bones. VS of wildlife. Hare runs on hind legs, AVs of hares, muscocks running. Flock of Yagers ? prey upon marauder fox. 02:20:16 glitch in sound. Freeze sets in. Ocean covered in ice. Moon in sky. Nature. Habitat. Narrated by Strowan Robertson.
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