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Catalogue Number: NFB527583
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Tom Daly
Directors: Douglas Leechman
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Archaeology, Arts, Canadian History, Documentary, First Nations Studies, History, Indigenous Peoples, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1950
Running Time: 11:00
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Making Primitive Stone Tools - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB527583
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Tom Daly
Directors: Douglas Leechman
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Archaeology, Arts, Canadian History, Documentary, First Nations Studies, History, Indigenous Peoples, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1950
Running Time: 11:00
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A demonstration of the method of chipping stones employed by Indigenous peoples to fashion tools and knives. An authority on Indigenous crafts selects from the bank of a British Columbia river typical stones used to make arrowheads, axes, knives and skin scrapers, and proceeds to show how this was done. Illustrations show the careful manipulation required to achieve a blade of the desired sharpness and strength.