Date produced: 1948
Filmmaker(s):
G. Clifford Carl
Languages:
English
Length:
467 ft
Format:
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound Notes:
Silent
Awards/Recognition:
BC Archives list of titled amateur films.
Description:
"Oolichan fishing; the preparation and rendering of oil from oolichans by the Kwakiutl [First Nation]." (Camera West)
The oolichan or eulachon, sometimes known as the "candlefish," provides an oil or grease which is a historic dietary staple of the First Peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
Resources:
Duffy, "Camera West," entry #N/06.
Locations:
- Knight Inlet, BC (Filming)
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Genre:
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Repository:
Anthropology Audio-Visual Collection, Royal BC Museum
Amateur Cinema