White thunder : [the story of Varick Frissell and the Viking disaster] / Story of Varick Frissell and The Viking disaster - [Place of publication not identified] : Milestone Film & Video : Distributed by Image Entertainment, ©2004. - 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. - The Milestone collection . - Milestone collection. .

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)

Cinematographer, Nigel Markham; editor, Terre Nash; music design and original composition, Jeff Johnston. Cinematographer, Nigel Markham; editor, Terre Nash; music design and original composition, Jeff Johnston.

Narrator: Michael Jones.

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.

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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Frissell, Varick, 1903-1931.
Frissell, Varick, 1903-1931


Viking (Motion picture)


Motion pictures--History and criticism.--United States
Silent films--History and criticism.--United States
Sealing--Newfoundland and Labrador.
Cinéma--Histoire et critique.--États-Unis
Films muets--Histoire et critique.--États-Unis
Phoques--Chasse--Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
Motion pictures.
Sealing.
Silent films.


Newfoundland and Labrador.
United States.


Short films--United States.
Silent films--United States.
Silent films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Silent films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Courts métrages.
Films muets.

PN1998.3.F776 / W495 2004

791.43/72