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1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
Event |
Originally produced by Grasshopper Film in 2009. |
Summary |
Lawrence Allestad and family were among the last of the traditional sheepherders of the American West. Under a public grazing permit that had been handed down in his Norwegian-American family for generations, Allestad was the final rancher to drive his herds into Montana's rugged Absaroka-Beartooth range north of Yellowstone to fatten on sweet summer grass. The family members and their hired hands conducted the drives much as their pioneer forebears had-on horseback, with dogs for herding and guarding, and armed with rifles to frighten away bears and wolves. Over the years, better gear-walkie-talkies, four-wheelers and cell phones-took some of the edges off a hard life, but still the work remained exhausting and dangerous for both men and animals. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Anthropology.
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Science.
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Documentary films.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Added Author |
Barbash, Ilisa, film director.
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Castaing-Taylor, Lucien, film director.
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Grasshopper Film (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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Music No. |
12456148 Kanopy |
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