| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; widescreen; 5.1 surround sound. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Joe Morton. |
| Credits |
Editors, James Rutenbeck, Josef van Ooyen ; director of photography, Hans Jakobi ; composer, Hans Günter Wagener. |
| Note |
Film originally produced by Engstfeld Film GmbH, c2005. |
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Broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American experience. |
| Summary |
In 1897, six Eskimos arrived in New York City, brought as the "exotic cargo" of explorer Robert Peary from Greenland. The youngest of the group was 7-year-old Minik, who struggled to create a home and identity thousands of miles from his native land. |
| Note |
Special feature: teacher's guide PDF. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Wallace, Minik, 1890 or 1891-1918.
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
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Inuit -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Inuit -- Greenland -- Thule Region -- Biography.
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Polar Eskimos -- Biography.
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Ethnology -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Greenland -- Discovery and exploration.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Engstfeld, Axel, 1953-
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Bellows, Susan.
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Morton, Joe, 1947- Narrator.
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
Lost Eskimo |
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American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0793694329 |
| Standard No. |
841887009331 |
| Music No. |
AMX62006 WGBH Educational Foundation |
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