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1926FISHING
SILENT SHORTS ABOUT TUNA FISHING AND WHALING, CIRCA 1920S.
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TITLE CARD: TRAPPING BIG TUNA FISH, FILMO LIBRARY, WM HORSLEY FILM LABS, INC, HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA
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TITLE CARD: "THE CATCHING OF THE GIANT TUNA FISH BEGINS WITH THE LAYING OF THE TRAPS"
01:00:13 13.74 thumbnail
MEN IN SMALL WOODEN BOATS LAY DOWN NETS OFF SHORE
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TITLE CARD: "TRAPPED! WITHOUT MEANS OF ESCAPE."
01:00:23 23.02 thumbnail
LARGE TUNA THRASHING AROUND, TRAPPED IN HEAVY NETS STRUNG BETWEEN BOATS, MEN PULL IN THE HEAVY NET
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TITLE CARD: "THERE'S EXCITEMENT AND ACTION A PLENTY WHEN THESE 800 POUND TUNA BEGIN TO LASH THE WATER AND FIGHT AGAINST CAPTIVITY."
01:00:46 46.7 thumbnail
TUNA THRASH AROUND AS FISHERMEN PULL IN NETS, BOATS TIED UP TO EACH OTHER
01:01:04 64.59 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "AFTER AN HOUR'S VALIANT FIGHTING THE BIG TUNA GAVE UP THE STRUGGLE."
01:01:10 70.27 thumbnail
FIVE OR SIX LARGE TUNA LAY DYING IN THE SHALLOW WATER ABOVE THE NETS
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TITLE CARD: "THESE GIANTS OF THE DEEP ARE SO LARGE THAT BLOCK AND TACKLE ARE USED..."
01:01:31 91.57 thumbnail
FISHERMEN PULL ON ROPE RAISING THE LARGE TUNAOUT OF THE WATER, ONE FISH STILL STRUGGLING A BIT, FISH ALMOST AS LONG AS THE BOAT
01:02:11 131.61 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "THESE TUNA FISH, WEIGT FROM 300 TO 900 POUNDS EACH."
01:02:16 136.81 thumbnail
HUGE TUNA LIE IN BOAT
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MEN US BLOCK AND TACKLE TO LIFT TUNA FROM THE SMALL BOATAND LAY THEM ON THE DOCK
01:02:43 163.77 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: WHALING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
01:02:48 168.11 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: NORWEGIAN WHALING STEAMER, MEXICO
01:02:50 170.58 thumbnail
LARGE STEAM SHIP AT SEA
01:02:55 175.96 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "THERE SHE BLOWS."
01:02:58 178.41 thumbnail
POV SHIP, VARIOUS SHOTS OF WHALES BLOWING AND BREACHING, ROPE HARPOON THROWN ?
01:03:54 234.53 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "AFTER KILLING THE WHALE IT IS BLOWN UP WITH AIR TO MAKE IT FLOAT AND MARKED WITH FLAG WHILE THE CREW ARE AFTER ANOTHER."
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FLOATING BLOATED CARCASS OF WHALE WITH FLAG STUCK IN IT
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SEA GULL SITS ON WHALE CARCASS TIED UP TO SIDE OF SHIP
01:04:23 263.15 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "STRIPPING THE FAT OR BLUBBER FROM THE WHALE."
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MEN WITH LONG LANCE CUT OFF THE BLUBBER FROM THE CARCASS, ON PLATFORM ALONG SIDE SHIP
01:04:29 269.34 thumbnail
MAN STANDS ON WHALE'S CARCASS AS HE CUTS THE BLUBBER OFF, HOOKS AND CHAINS PULL THE SKIN UP
01:04:36 275.98 thumbnail
WS OF THE SIDE OF THE SHIP WITH THREE MEN STANDING ON WHALE OR BOAT AND STRIPPING THE SKIN OFF
01:04:40 280.55 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "A FIVE TON BLANKET OF BLUBBER."
01:04:43 283.07 thumbnail
THE SKIN OF THE WHALE IS LIFTED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE SHIP BY ROPES OR CHAINS
01:04:52 292.18 thumbnail
POV SHIP AS HUGE SECTION OF WHALE'S SKIN AND BLUBBER IS HOISTED OVER ON TO THE DECK
01:04:56 295.96 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "THE TONGUE."
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MEN IN SMALL BOAT, CUT AWAY THE WHALE'S TONGUE AS IT IS PULLED UP THE SIDE OF THE SHIP
01:05:04 304.27 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "THE TAIL"
01:05:06 305.91 thumbnail
POV WHALING SHIP, WHALE'S TAIL IS HOISTED OVER THE SIDE OF THE SHIP
01:05:11 311.51 thumbnail
TITLE CARD: "THE HEAD."
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POV SHIP, CHAINS AND PULLEYS LIFT THE WHALE'S HEAD ON TO THE DECK OF THE WHALING SHIP
01:05:17 317.45 thumbnail
MEN ON DECK CUT AWAY SECTIONS OF FAT OR BLUBBER
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