NAME: BEL EU SEALS 20080425I TAPE: EF08/0436 IN_TIME: 10:10:21:06 DURATION: 00:00:47:05 SOURCES: EBS DATELINE: Brussels - 25 Apr 2008 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot of European Union news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English): Barbara Helfferich, EU spokesperson: "Mr Dimas has stated in an interview on 12 April that he intends to come forward with legislation which would ban the import and sale of products derived from seals which have been unsustainably hunted, in other words inhumanely killed." 3. Cutaway of journalist 4. Wide of presser STORYLINE An European Commission spokesperson on Friday that the EU Environment Commissioner planned legislation within months banning the sale of products within the 27-nation bloc from seals which have been "unsustainably hunted ... Inhumanely killed". Her statement came after Animal rights groups called Friday for the European Union to ban imports of seal products, saying the latest videos of animals being beaten and shot off Canada's Atlantic coast showed the hunt is inhumane. "Mr Dimas has stated in an interview on 12 April that he intends to come forward with legislation which would ban the import and sale of products derived from seals which have been unsustainably hunted, in other words inhumanely killed, " spokesperson Barbara Helfferlich said referring to EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. The rules, meant to ease European Union concerns, add extra steps to make sure the animals are dead before they are skinned - a recommendation made in an EU report released in December. Dimas has come under mounting pressure from animal rights groups and lawmakers at the European Parliament to take action. Canadian officials say the hunt is sustainable, humane and well-managed. Canada's Special Ambassador Loyola Sullivan warned the European Union this month that Canada could take action under world trade rules if seal products such as blubber, meat or pelts are banned. Canadian officials argue that a hunting ban would be disastrous for the aboriginal Inuit peoples who live in Canada's Arctic region and depend on the annual seal hunt for incomes and food. The Canadian hunt of some 335-thousand seals in 2006 brought in about 25 (m) million US dollars. But the animal rights groups say the methods shown on their film contravene rules the Canadian government imposed before this year's hunting season. The EU assembly last year issued a resolution calling on the EU to ban all fur imports. The EU has banned the import of white pelts from baby seals since 1983. Several European Union nations, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, have their own bans on all seal products. The United States has banned Canadian seal products since 1972. The activists have also called for a total hunting ban that would affect Canada, which has the world's largest commercial hunt, along with Russia, Namibia, Greenland and EU members Finland and Sweden.

Husky dog sled team. Footage of an Inuit sled driver using his whip as he guides his dog sled team across an Arctic ice landscape. Halfway through the clip, the dog team begins to pull the sled faster across the ice and the driver jumps back on board the sled. Footage obtained in April, in Greenland.

An Inuit eskimo chief speaks ominously of an old story of "death and evil". Good scary soundbite.

Black and white film, 1920's. "A Trip to the Arctic" film on Northern Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

The relationship between the realities of Inuit (Eskimo) life and the expression of that life in Eskimo art. Illustrated conversation between two men with long experience in the Arctic: James Houston, designer, expert on Eskimo life, author; and John Bockstoce, Arctic archaeologist. Many examples of Eskimo work, and film of Eskimo life and art. 1971. The relationship between the realities of Inuit (Eskimo) life and the expression of that life in Eskimo art. Illustrated conversation between two men with long experience in the Arctic, James Houston, designer, expert on Eskimo life, author; and John Bockstoce, Arctic archaeologist. Many examples of Eskimo work, and film of Eskimo life and art. Houston lived with Eskimos for years, learned their language, and is the author of "The White Dawn", the story of first contact with Europeans. Bockstoce has traveled the Arctic widely as an archaeologist. Both have collected Eskimo sculpture. They explain how the Eskimo idea of "art" is not to imagine what to make but to release possibilities inherent in the stone. There is no Eskimo word for "artist" as a creator. Film clips illustrating Eskimo lifestyles and environment are from the famous 1921 Flaherty documentary "Nanook of the North" and a contemporary Canadian Broadcasting Corporation study "The Living Stone." Houston and Bockstoce discuss the films and show objects carved by Eskimos including a pipe, decorations, a walrus tusk, games of getting a pin into various holes of a carved bear's skull, a mobile of a harpooned seal. Eskimos make carvings while talking to friends… "Art while being sociable is part of art…" Eskimo snow glasses made from caribou antler and a polar bear. Eskimos try to find "what is hidden in the inner piece of material and find its vitality." "Carver knows nothing when he starts." … "real person and soul of a person in a single image." 28 mins. Produced and Directed by John Musilli. Air Date: 7/18/71. James Houston, designer, expert on Eskimo life, author. John Bockstoce, archaeologist.

The importance of mining and exploration in World War II Canada

Two Inuit men travel across ice with sled and pack of sled dogs - Views from behind the sled as it travels. Excellent POV scenes from inside the sled as it travels along on the ice. Good shots of dogs pulling the sled. Inuit fisherman ice fishing and pulling up a catch - dogs being fed. Inuit people have always traveled long distances through the vast ice fields of their territories of Northwest Greenland, mostly for hunting and sometimes spiritual quests. These scenes were filmed in the Siorapaluk Fjord while traveling to Siorapaluk village, the northernmost inhabited village in the world, located in the mythic region of Thule in North Greenland. The Thule people were whale and seal hunters and were the first people to bring dogs into Greenland thus inaugurating the cultural history of dog sledding in Greenland, which is still a main mode of transport today.

Unissued / Unused material. <br/> <br/>Cannes Film Festival. France. <br/> <br/>MS battery of cameramen. Various shots of Inuits (Eskimos) arriving. Various shots of film stars arriving including Anthony Quinn and Melina Mercouri (possibly also Jeanne Moreau ?), and of presentation of awards. <br/> <br/>MS Federico Fellini receiving the Golden Palm Grand Prix award for 'La Dolce Vita'. CU of the award. MS as he shows it off.

TAPE: EF01/0610 IN_TIME: 13:37:02 DURATION: 3:20 SOURCES: APTN/Universal music RESTRICTIONS: music video/performance rights must be cleared, No re-use/re-sale of film/video/tv clips without clearance DATELINE: Paris. 23/8/01 SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot of the building of the French Ministry of Education and Culture in Paris. 2. Close up to the French ministry of Education and Culture banners outside of the building. 3. Journalists awaiting the arrival of Bjork and Jack Lang. 4. SOT (French): Jack Lang, France's Minister of Education and Culture (to Bjork): "Thank you for choosing France, Paris, this monument, to start this world tour." 5. Close up on Bjork's face. 6. MS Bjork receives insignia 7. Pan from photographers to Jack Lang with Bjork holding a flower bouquet. 8. Walking towards the backyard with Jack Lang. 9. SOT (English): Jack Lang, France's Minister of Education and Culture,: "It's only a sign of friendship towards an artist, a woman ahead of changes that I've known ten years ago, at the time she was unknown, and I discovered her during an official visit of President Mitterrand in Reykjavik, in Iceland." 10. SOT (English): Journalist asking about Bjork's choice to start her new world tour in Paris, France: "why Paris?" Bjork answering: "For many reasons; because of buildings, of the people, and I guess the understanding." 11 'DANCER IN THE DARK' (courtesy of Universal Music) 'I've Seen it All' Bjork singing and dancing on a train 12. SOT (English): Bjork regarding her current world tour: "I like both to play alone with few people, in private, I like also to play with very many musicians. I think, probably, this will be the only time I will have so many musicians. I feel very lucky but I also like private things, I like small ." 13. SOT (English) reporter: "Will you be a bird or a butterfly tonight?" Bjork answering: "I don't know...maybe I should stop now." 14. Bjork with Jack Lang posing for photographers. 15.CLIP FROM BJORK's 1994 TOUR: 'One Little Indian' - Human Nature (courtesy of Universal Music) BJORK HONOURED BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT Icelandic singer Bjork was decorated with France's famed Chevalier of National Order of Merit on Thursday, August 23. French Education and Culture Minister Jack Lang pinned the Chevalier insignia on Bjork as a sign of friendship and gratitude. The eccentric world pop star launched her world tour in Paris last Saturday in support of her latest album 'Vespertine' which will be released on the 28th August 2001. The ceremony was followed by a private concert inside Paris' gothic Sainte-Chapelle church, known for its 13th-century stained-glass windows and phenomenal acoustics. Another concert at the same venue is to be held on August 28th. French newspapers are reporting that French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin could be one of the 300 fans attending. French Minister Jack Lang said he first saw Bjork while on an official visit to Iceland with the late President Francois Mitterrand back in 1990, when she was a member of pop group Sugarcubes and still largely unknown in the rest of the world. Bjork's solo debut album in 1993 was an immediate success with nearly three million copies sold worldwide and has been popular in France ever since. The artist won Best Actress at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for her highly acclaimed performance in Lars Von Trier's 'Dancer in the Dark'. On her new tour, Bjork has chosen to perform in smaller places to serve the intimate atmosphere of the 'Vespertine' album. Each venue will hold an audience of just 300 people, making it not much large than her backing band - which consists of a 54 musician orchestra and 15 Inuit choristers. MUSIC CLEARANCE DETAILS TITLE: Human Behaviour ARTIST: Bjork WRITER: Hooper/Gudmundsdottir PUBLISHER: Warner Chappell / Famous Music Corp / Universal LABEL: One Little Indian Records FILM CLIP DETAILS Dancer In The Dark Channel 4 Films 44 (0) 20 7306 8455

An Inuit eskimo chief speaks of something that is "very frightening".

An Italian correspondent follows the filming of an Italian television commercial in the Arctic community of Baffin Island to capture the interaction between the Italians and the native Inuit people who star in the commercial. Overcoming language and cultural barriers, the filming of the motor oil commercial was popular enough back in Italy to add an Inuit expression to the Italian vernacular. The segment shows how television can bring two distant cultures closer together and even add a foreign word to a language.

Black and white film, 1920's. "A Trip to the Arctic" film on Northern Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

Black and white film on the Alaskan (Alcan) Highway. Exact date of filming unknown.

Construction workers on the DEW Line face harsh winter working and living conditions as they lay down the foundations and infrastructure for the defense project. The crews include Inuit workers, who use dogsleds to carry supplies. Transferred from film, mastered in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ and Uncompressed, available in all forms of HD and SD.

FOLLOW MLS of barge approaching port, shots of crane unloading building materials. MCS of Inuit women carrying babies surrounded by many children standing nearby, Shot of NFB film director, Robert Nichols chatting with women. More shots of barge being unloaded, CSs of front-end loader's Inuit operator.

COLOR FILM, 1944. COAST GUARD WWII PUBLIC RELATIONS FILM ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COAST GUARD. SOME VERY GOOD AND DRAMATIC SHOTS. EXACT DATES OF FILMING UNKNOWN.(SEE ALSO CLIP ID #324460, #324465, #324470)

Shot Inuit girl posing for camera. CU of elderly Ikpuk, famous Inuit hunter who starred in film made by Richard Finnie in the 1930's. CS of Ikpuk smoking cigarette, igloo in background. CS of Ikpuk wearing native sun goggles. Shot of Inuits and sleds moving off to new hunting grounds. LSs of sleds loaded with supplies. CS of driver and dogs hauling heavily-laden sled. MS of bow of CGS Arctic at sea. PAN along ice filled strait to CGS Arctic at anchor, lumber and supplies being hauled ashore at Craig Harbour. Various shots of hills and surrounding countryside in Eastern Arctic. CU of Inuit woman eating blubber. Shot of Captain Joseph Bernier and men handing "goodies" to Inuits. CU of woman eating cookie, baby on her back. CU of middle aged and elderly Inuit man smoking pipe.

The US Coast Guard in action during World War II. Images of US Coast Guard activity in support role during d War II in Europe and Asia.

We reach this region only by air, however we use the skidoo (snowmobile) for local travel. This is the land of the Inuit who live from fishing and seal hunting. They settled here 3000 years ago are still only 3,000 inhabitants. Interview with an older Inuit woman on the movie "Nanook of the North" filmed in that region by the American Robert Flaherty in 1919 (film finished in 1922). An Inuit returns from a seal hunt. Old Inuit woman who played the role of wife and mother of Nanook (Nyla) in "Nanook of the North", a film by Robert Flaherty in 1919, PB Nanook''s son who was a baby in the film. Keywords: INUIT,MANNERS AND CUSTOMS,NORTHERN QUEBEC