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How to Build an Igloo (1949)

1949 · Short film · 10 min · dir. Douglas Wilkinson

  • Documentary

Synopsis

This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose the site, cut and place snow blocks and create an entrance--a shelter completed in one-and-a-half hours. The commentary explains that the interior warmth and the wind outside cement the snow blocks firmly together. As the short winter day darkens, the two builders move their caribou sleeping robes and extra skins indoors, confident of spending a snug night in the midst of…

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Details

Director
Douglas Wilkinson
Writer
Douglas Wilkinson
Studio
ONF | NFB
Released
1949-01-01
Running time
10 minutes

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