Nanook of the North  [videorecording] / 
Title on container:  Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North. 

 - Claremont, Calif. :  Criterion Collection,,  c1998. 
 - 1 videodisc (79 min.) :  black and white ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - Criterion collection. .
 - Criterion collection. .
<br/><br/> Originally produced in 1922 as a silent motion picture.  Based on the book: My Eskimo friends / by Robert Flaherty.  Digital transfer, remastered at the visually correct speed ; orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock ; excerpts from the 1958 documentary: Flaherty and film : Mrs. Frances Flaherty remembers Nanook of the North (8 min.) ; stills gallery of Flaherty's life in the Arctic.  Run time: approx. 69 min. 
<br/><br/>Film restoration and transfer supervision, David Shepard/Film Preservation Associates ; video editor Bret Hampton ; telecine colorist, Russell Bishop.  Film restoration and transfer supervision, David Shepard/Film Preservation Associates ; video editor Bret Hampton ; telecine colorist, Russell Bishop. 
<br/><br/> Presents a documentary on the life of an Eskimo family pitting their strength against a vast and inhospitable Arctic.  Juxtaposes their struggle for survival against the elements with the warmth of the little family as they go about their daily affairs. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD. 
<br/><br/><br/>Silent film with English intertitles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1559408960 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Eskimos--Québec (Province)<br/>Inuit--Québec (Province)