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Passage / PTV Productions Inc. & John Walker Productions Ltd. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada present a John Walker film.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, John, 1786-1847.
- Franklin, John.
- Rae, John, 1813-1893.
- Rae, John.
- Explorers--Scotland--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Scotland.
- Northern Canada.
- Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.
- Arctic regions.
- Arctic Regions.
- British.
- Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration.
- Northwest Passage.
- Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration.
- Canada, Northern.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming media file (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioned.
- System Details:
- System requirements: access to Internet or Intranet ; media player.
- Summary:
- "It was news that shook the English-speaking world: celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew of 128 men had perished in the Arctic ice during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they had descended into madness and cannibalism. The report came in 1851, from John Rae, a Scottish doctor working for the Hudson's Bay Company. Travelling thousands of miles on foot and in small craft, Rae had done what six years of searching by the British, Americans, French and Russian had failed to do: discover the fate of Franklin ... Set in the actual locations of Rae's journey, from his boyhood home in the remote Orkney Islands off Scotland's north coast, to the epic landscape of his Arctic expeditions, to the boardroom of the British Royal Navy-- the center of power of the British Empire-- Passage is a story of incredible sacrifice, stunning distortion of the truth and single-minded obsession"--Original container.
- Participant:
- Rick Roberts, Geraldine Alexander.
- Credits:
- Director, John Walker ; producers, Andrea Nemtin, John Walker, Kent Martin ; music, Jonathan Goldsmith.
- Notes:
- Based on the book "Fatal Passage" by Ken McGoogan. Contains scenes from "Fatal Passage," screenplay by Andrew Rai Berzins.
- The film uses both dramatic action and documentary footage.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-pass Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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