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(12 Aug 1949)
Wind howling and blowing snow across widespread wasteland. Various shots of Eskimos sitting in circle. CU man. Same of child. Dogs and sledge across snow. Men making their way across snow. Various shots of progress. GV Royal Canadian Air Force plane takes off.
STORYLINE:
At Eskimo Point, a lonely settlement on the Eastern shore of Hudson Bay, a tragedy was reported. Father Henry-Paul Dionne had disappeared while on a seal hunt. Search parties and RCAF planes failed to find any trace of the missing priest.
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(12 Aug 1949)
Wind howling and blowing snow across widespread wasteland. Various shots of Eskimos sitting in circle. CU man. Same of child. Dogs and sledge across snow. Men making their way across snow. Various shots of progress. GV Royal Canadian Air Force plane takes off.
STORYLINE:
At Eskimo Point, a lonely settlement on the Eastern shore of Hudson Bay, a tragedy was reported. Father Henry-Paul Dionne had disappeared while on a seal hunt. Search parties and RCAF planes failed to find any trace of the missing priest.
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