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To hear Bill Mason tell about the making of this feature film (he is also the narrator) is to share with him his affection for his camera-quarry: the big northern timber wolves and pure-white Arctic wolves. What he brings to the screen is some unexcelled film footage and a great depth of lore about these wary, intelligent creatures of the Canadian wilds. Filming was done over three years in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, the high Arctic, and near his Gatineau Hills (Quebec) home where he kept and observed three grown wolves and, eventually, the litter of cubs that provides some of the film’s most engaging sequences. Narration by Bill Mason.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313648
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Wildlife cinematography
Animals & Wildlife → Animal behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Animal films
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Habitations
Animals & Wildlife → Captive wild animals
Animals & Wildlife → Wild animals
Animals & Wildlife → Wildlife conservation - Canada
Animals & Wildlife → Zoology - Arctic regions
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wildlife conservation - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)