I remember the old days 1960s growing up in Wales. We had no gas, electric or running water. Dad would hunt and fish for food. Mum picked berries and nuts in the hedge rows. Our 1 bedroom country cottage was surrounded by fruit trees. We carried water to the house or washed everything in the nearby stream. But I don't ever remember it being cold. There was 7 of us altogether (me and my 3 brother and 1 sister) with mam and dad. Still have some old photos. Those days seemed in a strange sort of way easier somehow. Though must have been rather difficult for mum and dad. But we did alright.
I have no experience living that way...I grew up in the city in the 70s-80s. But, I think we spent soooooo long living like that, and we're much more suited for it. I see this and as hard as it looks, it seems like family and simplicity was everything. Seems like life has more meaning. Now, life is about consumption and showing off.
@@rabby77777 The 80s were hard. But we had electricity by then. No mushrooms growing on the wall but, freezing ice on the metal windows. As we lived in prefabricated home. It was the Thatcher Years things got pretty tough.
@@disf5178 I'm sure that is right family and simplicity was everything! As poor as we were, it was far better than these days. The world has become artificial or superficial; maybe both.
@@rabby77777 That is true, but even the middle classes were complaining Mrs Thatcher had let them down after they had voted for her. My sociology teacher who was middle class said, concerning wealth of UK that the 5% minority are that rich they own the biggest part of wealth in Britain. They are off the scale at the top. That middle class people such as, herself are not even on the scale at the bottom.
I can remember seeing this exact documentary in primary school sometime around 1956. Having just watched it again some 65 years later, fond memories come floating back.
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Can't see this without thinking how bizarre it is that in humanity's spread across the face of the globe that people drifted to such harsh environments and created cultures based around them. This looks so harsh to our eyes, but it's nowhere near as harsh as it must have been before the innovations introduced by European settlement... the trading post has many items that aren't part of traditional Inuit life and their dress under the fur clothing is modern printed textiles, which also wouldn't have been available. Fascinating film of a time when things were rapidly changing for these people.
This movie shows quite a contrast compared to the relatively spoiled and easy life most of us live today. No time for drama, tick-tock or laying about. Gotta work to simply survive. What beautiful, simple people. They appear happy and content. I love their winter clothing.
When it started I thought man I don’t wanna look this cheesy ass old doc. But wow, this is absolutely exactly what I was searching for. I wanted to see this connection between old and new and to see how they exactly get by in this harsh environments. Really amazing and I’m glad I stumbled upon it.
When it comes to survival, the human instincts are strong. The family becomes life or death. Community is vital. You don't care about who has the nicest things as much as you care about how you're going to provide for the day, the week, the months, etc. Huge respect for raising a family in probably the harshest environment on the planet!
Brilliant cinematography. Fascinating lifestyle for people in extremely different living conditions than myself. 2023 what are their living conditions now. Are they extinct?
Such a great admiration to the father, who hunts food to feed his family. A father who teaches his son passing on skills for survival I am sure the son would be a good father as well to his future family. That's the way of life, taking care of each other. The mother and daughter as well, teaches her about household chores and sewing. What a simple way of life, and family is love.
@@jshssh8930 this film is very feminist. It's not your spoiled gold diggers, but working women who contribute. Pay attention and learn what feminists are talking about.
You should be very proud of your mother and father. Those are two of the strongest people I have ever known. I have great love and respect for you and your family.
Well i do agree on that even that this is all tough people i loved it they take from this world only the enough to live and that is wat i dont like from the todays people
What an amazing (tangata whenua) people of the land. From the extreme dry lands of the Indigenous peoples of Australia to the Indigenous people of the extremes of Alaska it's amazing how the people can live at one with the environment. Thank you for this video of an amazing people. E te iwi Inuit tenei te mihi atu ki a koutou (I greet you the Inuit people). Noho ora mai (be well).
I lived in Alaska for seven years. I've endured 91 below 0. Alaska is no joke. Without knowledge and preparation you won't make it. It's an amazing place. Can't wait to move back someday😁
I was wondering how he would get that seal after he shot it. You would have to be so fast and accurate to retrieve it before it's carried away by the sea. Amazing
3 years late. This was a documentary, they can’t show how many attempts he made. They show the concept of how they do it, But what he does is throw the hook past the animal, and pull, hoping it catches it. You’d be surprised how good they were at it. They were taught very early, even before they’re 10yrs old. Have you tried the conventional sling shot, the kind David used to kill Goliath?
I totally agree with you and many others, the love, loyalty, respect and tenacity of this family was born by instinct given by our creator. if these qualities don't exist in me. shame on me.
@@pablochavez1497 lol the Russians actually inhabited Alaska and America had to buy Alaska it wasn’t taken over imbecile. Any Alaska Native would eat your “cowboys” alive.
So damn fascinating. The fact that this was shot so long ago further enhances how much more authentically "old world" these customs seem. Plastics, cheap manufacturing, and our interconnected world economy have (fortunately for those living in hard regions) pervaded just about every area of human society. Crazy to think how much the world has changed, even in remote areas of the planet
You question was in bad english and had no Question mark. I will try to answer your question. The sound in the clip is a bullet bouncing off a hard surface, not hitting water which is soft. A bullet passing close to you is more of a zipping sound as the bullet cuts through the air and goes loud and then soft as it passes by.
Give me clothing like this and some daily moderate exercise with basic stuff you'd need for life in a seamlessly permanent winter and and I'll go a month max until I decide I hate my life...
What an amazing documentary. This is a beautiful family; so close-knit and resourceful! I like how the film shows that we humans used our teeth as vital tools. I imagine it takes incredible resilience to live in these conditions.Thanks for sharing this!
Notice how happy they are despite the conditions. The man is always busy hunting, fishing, building and making items for barter. The woman is busy cooking and making items for barter. Their home looks cozy and comfortable. Notice especially how often she smiles! All this while half buried in snow. This is how human life was meant to be, not living in cities debauching ourselves... ;-)
Of course these people were happy; they didn't have a television or radio constantly telling them how much their lives sucked and how they needed to buy the next great thing to 'make life easier.'
Humans adapt. They adapted to their conditions, we adapted to ours, others all around the world has adapted to theirs. It doesn't mean one is better than the other, like your comment is implying.
'Eskimo' is a derogatory term for 'raw meat eaters' made by the enemies of the Inuit. If you don't want to get shivved, never call an Inuit an Eskimo! That's the most offensive insult you can say to an Inuit!
I’ve got nothing but a great admiration for these resilient people. I hope that those nations who were lucky enough to have these communities within their territories should do all they can to protect and preserve their way of life by not destroying their habitats!
The way of life is impressive, but not something worth preserving. They havnt been in the arctic so long as to have evolved to prefer the extreme cold. Theyd be better off in less extreme environments. Canada has a bad rap as far as their way of doing this, though, some very horrendous stories.
I really admire how content these people seem with their lives despite being in some of the worst conditions on the planet. It's because they all have purpose, everyone has a job, and a responsibility to do that job, otherwise everyone gets shit. Society in developed countries is vastly different, we spend each day wondering what our purpose is, browsing the internet and watching documentaries to pass the time. Look how this father and son go out, risking their lives to bring some food home because they need to feed their family. Nowadays people are so bored with themselves that they'd call that discrimination against woman. All organisms in essence were created over millions of years with the soul purpose of surviving, adapting, evolving. But now we're 8 billion people and we're beyond worrying about the cold. As much as it's stupid to say (because I'd be dead in 2 weeks if I lived in the wilderness), humans were not meant to thrive, they were meant to struggle for eternity like every other organism. The will to SURVIVE is void now, and the only thing that is left is this feeling of nihilism. Because we've already beat nature, we're already at the top of the food chain, and living is pretty meaningless when those two things are conquered...
They are content because that's what they know. A lot of people can't fathom temperatures in the 100's. The world is a big place. Up around Point Hope, AK they usually don't see temps above 60 and never above 70 in the summer. The summer months are usually in the high 40's. The winter months can drop well below -60 and even lower with the wind chill factor. I've heard stories of under 100 below zero on a windy day. I lived in AK for 7 years and can't wait to move back someday.
@@emoney6213 Hope you make it back! I've been blessed to see AK only from cruise ship excursions, but it sure whet my appetite for more. SUCKS being too old to chase dreams anymore.
I say one thing - the children go outside and help - not set on their butt in front of a tv are cell phone. The children sure have healthy, pretty faces. Self reliant people.
I met a beautiful lady from Wales who in 1957 motored down the coast of the Bering Sea to Nome in a skin boat powered by a 35 horsepower Evinrude. She said her family left Wales because of a dispute with another village family as to which family would run the supply store. (I hope I remember these facts correctly.) I met her at the Methodist Church there in Nome. Another Lady told me she came from St Lawrence and was the daughter of the Chief. I asked her if she was a princess. She smiled and said yes she was. I met her at the Senior Center. Another beautiful lady I met there in Nome told a funny story on herself. When she moved to Nome from an Island, she had never eaten Ice Cream. Her first time to eat an ice cream cone, she ate the ice cream and threw away the cone. She said wasn't that funny? We didn't know any better. We had never seen an ice cream cone. I love Nome AK. I love eating with these older first Americans and hearing their stories. I will go back again this summer for my 7th summer. Again I hope I have my facts correct about their stories. These older Americans are all we have left. Listen to their stories.
Wow, I intentionally watched this for background noise but had no idea I'd learn so much! It's so interesting how they fish and how the kayaks were made using seal bones and skin. Makes me think, when I go to a sporting goods store, enough things in their are similar to what an eskimo would use. It's just interesting how so many people adapted to their environment and ended up with similar designs that just worked.
A very hard life of constant struggle to survive. These people have no time to fool around. This man not only feeds his family; he has to feed all his dogs too! His wife must saw shoes, etc. often to exchange for food, ammo, etc. My respect to them.
i am from ireland but living in canada nearly 50yrs, an i love it here. i also tour around from canada to austrailia and much more since 1982 to 2019 and i'm still doing it.
Thanks for uploading, I haven't seen any videos like this sense watching my uncles videos who passed on many years ago; he spent many summers up in Alaska, at small villages, I thought it was very interesting, thanks again.
@@blitzed3425 the villages are still pretty underdeveloped in Alaska. I would suggest you do some research. There are quite a few places with either a crap store or no store. In the north they still catch a whale to feed the whole village. Where I live wild moose, geese, and duck is common food in native households.
@@davidmayers4015 So you think the lifestyle they led was one they freely chose and not a result of an accident of birth, that they grew up there and that was what they had to do to survive, or die?
@@elephantintheroom5678 It has been 30 years since I read it, and I don't remember any names, which are difficult to begin with! Here is a brief look. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabloona
I think they have held onto some traditions, but this vid is probably showing the end of a loooooong era of village life without the technology we have today. It would be like showing a vid of people living in mid 1800s western frontier. No electricity. Not much connection to the outside world
i really wished we can have no boundaries to what this culture provides without purchasing game cards. we can't even fish without a permit and theres planes that fly in and out messing up the caribou migration when we go out boating. really wished these game hunters were all gone.
Awesome Video!! I’ve always admired the Inuit culture… They are very strong people, there is absolutely no way I could live in those conditions!! I have some Inuit friends that live in Baker Lake in Nurvont Canada…
I lost my Dad 9 years ago when i was barely a teenager. Growing up without a father, you never really grow up as a man. Now, I'm 23 but even now, i know I'm still lacking in many ways as a man compared to my dad. Miss my old man
Same here man. Lost my dad when I was 20 but he was sick before that and I didnt spend much time with him. Never learned how to drive a car or any of the things most kids take for granted. But what can you do.
A brutal life that has been given a proper polish by the film makers. This is a view of a time gone by but my respect goes out to the people that lived this way.
I remember in 2nd grade, we watched this, the entire school packed into the cafeteria multipurpose room. Glad to see this again after 100 years more or less.
I give my appreciation to Eskimo people. It is real life and real challenge. Although the weather is extremely cold but they are trying to do something for surviving. They are happy at all the time .
Its outstanding, different than anything else, a very difficult life, in a very harsh environment, and some times we cry like babies, when all we got to do is walk into a supermarket.
That is true but also what are you crying about? The present socialist enslavement of the masses to a dehumanizing satanic system could make a grown man cry
Interesting fact: I heard/read that back when the pipeline for Alaska was being made, when it was too cold for the kassaqs (white people, not offensive), some native Alaskans would step in and do some work. Apparently, our core body temperature used to be a little lower than average. Pretty sure other peeps who lived in the cold had the same effect.
I respect all their efforts living in conditions like this! They are strong and tough people. I would've never like to live in such a place, it's empty and barren... I believe it is not destined for any people to live there.
@gedel Njie That's right, and black people are designed to live in conditions with high sun exposure. Inuits are well adopted to the place they live in. Who knows how many centuries they have been trialed for only fittest to survive in these lands. Same with black people where they had to be the fastest and strongest in order to survive in their conditions. I still remember my visit to Tanzania, especially stories people who ran from living in a traditional way told me. To be a man/hunter there, you need to survive alone for 3 months in wild and most don't ever come back. That's some tough sh** to prove you are going to be a valuable part of community.
Watching from sunny Singapore and really appreciate this upload to see what a different world some of our human kind lived in. The blissful warmth and happiness seen in the family were so genuine and pure, its so heart warming to witness them. Thanks for this upload.
Look at how genuinely happy the woman is to recieve a bolt of clothe. It was the last item handed over and she seemed excited. Notice her husband giving her a reassuring touch.
@@wombat5252 well yeah thats these days, these are people are in survival mode, the guys go out hunting and the girls hold the fort, protecting the children, they are trying not to freeze to death or starve. So anything is a real luxury, a bolt of cloth would bring real joy to people in this case. I was exposed to stuff like that as a kid, i remember a family getting electricity, and we played all night turning the light on and off. They didnt have a hot water heater or a indoor toilet. They were nice, talented, hard working, country folks. Something about the human spirit that people lose when youre buried into endless materialism. The mans reassuring touch on his wifes hand is the real deal.
The Inuit of this time mostly used .22 caliber cartridges like .218 Bee, 22 Hornet, etc. The ammo was cheap and with pin point shots they could take any game.
do a search and find the fist videos of what it's like before the western started trading. this video shows western influences but there are videos of what it was like before these 'luxuries'. They were the toughest people in the world by far - and I've watched a lot of nomadic videos.
Yeah ppl back in the day were down to earth. They documentarys simply showed life as it was. Now some ppl are caught up in race identity and victim mentality.
I had an Uncle, who lived in Michigan like me, when I was young he spent many summers in Alaska, he would go out in the bush, way far away from any city, to small villages, and brought back some Carabao meat for us to try, it was very wiled tasting meat, more so than dear meat.
Great video, absolutely loved watching how these people survive in such a harsh weather. I come from Kashmir which is also cold(not this much -8 is probably coldest it gets here) Would like to know when this documentary was shot and more such details.
Adrenaline Shot, an earlier commenter noted that, because the narrator mentioned that Alaska was a territory, it had to be made before 1957, when Alaska became a state.
Someone asked a WW Commander who was the toughest group in WW 2? He said cowboys were damn tough but no one compared to the Eskimo soldiers who were beyond tough. Makes sense to me.
