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Soviet Whalers

I. Setkina
USSR
1951

A record of the voyage of a whaling fleet in search of blue and sperm whales. Sequences show the actual hunt, the catching, and the processing of the carcasses on the factory ship. The film also deals with the lighter side of life during the voyage and the fight against the furious polar storms.

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