Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Porpoise oil / by Alexander H. Leighton, MD : [manuscript]
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- Textual record
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- Source of title proper: transcribed from item
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Repository
Reference code
MS-13-86, Box 96, Folder 9, Item 1
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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[after 1937] (Creation)
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Physical description
7 pages
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Name of creator
(1929-2021)
Name of creator
(1908-2007)
Custodial history
Scope and content
Item is a typed manuscript by Alexander Leighton describing his 1936 summer project filming a recreation of a traditional Digby County Mi'kmaq porpoise hunt and the subsequent rendering of the blubber into oil. The manuscript was commissioned by the magazine Movie Makers.
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- English
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Associated materials
The original film is held by Nova Scotia Archives and is uploaded to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOlWJSFRw7w