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White thunder : [the story of Varick Frissell and the Viking disaster] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: ID0016MLS | Image EntertainmentSeries: Milestone collectionPublication details: [Place of publication not identified] : Milestone Film & Video : Distributed by Image Entertainment, ©2004.Description: 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Story of Varick Frissell and The Viking disaster
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.3.F776 W495 2004
Partial contents:
The lure of the Labrador (1926) -- The swilin' racket a.k.a Great Arctic seal hunt (1928) -- The Viking (1931)
Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Nigel Markham; editor, Terre Nash; music design and original composition, Jeff Johnston.
Narrator: Michael Jones.Summary: With backing from Hollywood's Paramount Pictures, New York filmmaker Varick Frissell set out to make the early sound feature The Viking, a record of Newfoundland's perilous seal hunt. This film tells the story, integrating footage from The Viking as well as Frissell's earlier documentaries.

Subtitle from disc label.

Special features: films of Varick Frissell, outtakes from The Viking (silent); stills; Milestone press kit (DVD-ROM).

The lure of the Labrador (1926) -- The swilin' racket a.k.a Great Arctic seal hunt (1928) -- The Viking (1931)

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD, region 0, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual layer format; DVD-ROM with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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