The Alaskan Eskimo
1953 film by James Algar
The Alaskan Eskimo is a 1953 American short documentary film produced by Walt Disney. It was the initial film in Disney's People & Places series. In 1954, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 26th Academy Awards.
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The Alaskan Eskimo at IMDb
The short film The Alaskan Eskimo is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
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