HOVERCRAFT IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC [Main Title]

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  • Title: HOVERCRAFT IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC [Main Title]
  • Film Number: PME 262
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  • Summary: End of winter. IHTU-sponsored trials with SRN5, in cooperation with the Canadian Government, at Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. Trials include: 60 mph runs along swept runway, and up slopes, plus a trip to an Inuit camp across the tundra. Hovercraft passing over pressure ridges in the ice. A 400 mile trip up the Mackenzie River while the ice is melting.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: PME 262
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1966
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: BP (Production sponsor) Derek Stewart Productions (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 544 ft; Running time: 16 mins
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