Nanook of the North: early documentary explores life of Eskimos, 1922

Nanook of the North: celebrated early documentary from documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty explores the rugged life of Eskimos, 1922

[@ivancarlson953]

102 years ago. Who's still watching in 2024?

[@dickkehoe4740]

June 2020 from Australia

[@richardliew8315]

29 September 2020 from Singapore

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March 11, 2021 from Canada

[@ivancarlson953]

@@christineguan4627 me too! Yellowknife

[@himanshushekhawat1712]

May 2021 from India

[@kayden5238]

Im impressed the camera from 1922 was able to operate in such an unforgiving frozen enviament

[@azadch8160]

Maybe they borrowed polar bear ass to keep it warm

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

love the way they all appear from the kayak

[@worldaffair248]

I'm in love with Eskimos since from yesterday I've been watching this channel continue all day and night🐕🐺

[@dkcorderoyximenez3382]

A fantastic historical record that will continue to educate our descendants forever...I'm grateful to have seen this....

[@ridehead8771]

1922? Holy cow! Thank you for sharing this amazing piece of history.

[@Neseri2de]

This is truly humbling! I can't begin to imagine living that life with all it's hardships, dangers and uncertainties, full respect to them.

[@amandablevins6809]

It’s not a real documentary lol They are Just acting

[@charlotteharris2899]

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[@seanvandelay7955]

@@amandablevins6809 dunno how much, but camera angles show camera crews. are behind ahead, above, beyond everywhere around this family. Most likely multiple of staff. THAT, I would imagine..

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[@janesmith9024]

What an amazing 1922 film which must have been one of the earliest ever made and the narrator has such a nice attitude too. I liked the initial words - that we are all kin which is true, all of us, the same, humans, loving our babies and working hard. What a pity the children were given biscuits of the trading post and made ill rather than sticking to their good natural fish.

[@errolnicholson7757]

That's true!

[@cherripaterson6066]

these people are the best survivors of their exsistence. hard working. the toughest dogs of all time. i have great respect for them.

[@djbuck3632]

I’ve found a new appreciation of living poor in a south Florida ghetto. It’s not so bad after seeing this.

[@fringestream990]

Definitely makes me appreciate Florida more as well....

[@richardfolkman]

I greatly appreciate this culture and their blessed existence but my grandfather of south Texas towards the west Laredo area told us the only problem with killing animals for their skin was that it would hurt because the animals would be exhausted, erased. He lived from 1885 to 1965. I see all the white fox skins in this movie and I know the modern world helped to extinguish the animals of the north ice. The modern man usually doesn't regard truth but dollars. Hurts to see it but the time is gone. The ancient ways were so different. Eskimos have inspired me to stay tuff through it all. Thanks for the film. Helps us to be strong.

[@janesmith9024]

Yes, it was that trading post which in a sense was causing the problem as they would kill more than they needed for their own fur and food needs.

[@laz5590]

@@janesmith9024 we killed almost all of the bisons , and that's fine ?

[@renafielding945]

My daughter in Vermont introduced me to this movie and told me she had met Mr Flaherty because he lived somewhere in their area. He was old then and probably died soon after. It is burned in my memory and I am so happy to see it on this channel.

[@takeiteasy2305]

Those are the toughest people I have ever seen

[@jacobeksor6088]

Hassan Abdullah for them just normal. Sitting on computer 24 hours a day and eating junk food it’s kill you .

[@ladycharsw]

Good video. Thank you. Our family knew an Eskimo family in RedwoodCity Calif. In 1968 She had 6 children. We became friends

[@fancyfreesee1977]

These must of been some of the hardest lived/working people I've seen. If you stop , you die & your family dies too, and in weather conditions that are akin to no mans land.

[@jennylee9278]

Fancy if you go back far enough all of our ancestors were that way. I don't know your forebears but think back, way back. You are here because at one time they hunted bears or fished in small boats. If I have any religion it is ancestor worship.

[@bluesman7703]

This is one of the best movie of all times !!!

[@renafielding945]

I think so too.

[@seeingimages]

Still watching

[@captnodge]

Thanks for sharing this

[@msavina9129]

This is amazing, I feel so lucky to have seen this. Ive had fascination for the natives and how they lived b4 this land was discovered by the Europeans. These old films were made so well and the narration superb in artistry, and also very respectful to these hard working people. I like that they didn’t really hide the so called inappropriate parts. The one thing tho that I cannot understand is why the Nanook did not catch many salmon and preserve it. Their ways, at least according to this film, are hand to mouth and they went hungry. I really don’t know what happened when they trapped that white furry animal, I expected it to be dead. Confusing. I hope they will digitally remaster these old films. In the meantime I will look for primitive sustenance of native American life, tho I fear it is mostly lost and we can only imagine. 😢 Thank you

[@hair2050]

I saw much of the same footage in a similar documentary a few days ago. In it the fox was on a leash tied up and being petted by a child 🤷‍♂️. I suspect that it was being kept as a pet until it was convenient to turn it into a fur coat. Which brings me to your salmon question. One would need a weather window of opportunity to to deal with the fur coat and to dry salmon. This might not come for the salmon and furthermore their extremely mobile existence would preclude the carrying of much food. Dried fish will also cause severe constipation unless consumed with fat, as native peoples further south would do as they were at the not nomadic during the winter it was possible to store up both in quantity. All in all it seems easier for them to go hungry occasionally than to attempt the impossible, food processing, storage, and the logistics of carting it around. Polar bears are obviously a huge threat to life and limb, you don’t need the added risk of attracting them with the scent of dried food. Having said that I know that the Eskimo would dry seal meat so 🤷‍♂️, regional and tribal differences I expect. This is after all a glimpse into just one family for just a little while. No mention of toileting 🫣😵‍💫. Sitting upon one’s throne is a relaxing retreat from the world if you ask me. Out there if one didn’t loose the Crown Jewels 💎 to frostbite a polar bear 🐻‍❄️ would likely consume you for a snack. And babies? I just cannot imagine how they did it.

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Still watching ❤

[@shadetreetrades.jackofall2188]

This was awesome. Humbling for sure. I couldn’t imagine freezing all night. Just having to wake up to a Spit bath, and having to Chew on my shoes to unfreeze there stiffness… and still all while doing with a smile. They say ignorance is bliss but it’s more than that.. something I don’t possess! That is a true quality of the human perseverance at its finest to turn surviving into thriving happiness… smh. Wow!!!!

[@ronnalscammahorn8002]

Exilent video , thank you .

[@soniachambers6460]

That landscape ...so unbelievably harsh.. incredible footage

[@steveandon63]

good film thanks

[@johnwakamatsu3391]

I told my wife not to complain about the cold and told her about the Eskimos.

[@RogerioMotta1234]

Rares images. Grande vídeo. Históric and education for world.

[@lorenreece1665]

It is really hard to imagine people living like that. But it is all they knew.

[@boathousejoed1126]

Now that is True Grit!

[@milindmumbaikar3071]

Great surviving efforts.. Apriciated Eskimos life in lack of infrastructure... great hard work and inner power....

[@johndyson4109]

That's an absolute trip' how they live...

[@peteacher52]

It is a sad fact that Nanook died of starvation not too long after the film was made. Life is full of grim reality for many while we of the west luxuriate in sitting-room comfort.

[@puccini4530]

That's just not true. Nanook (so-called by the film maker) died of TB at his base home.

[@freedomfreedom6544]

They look healthy happy and well fed. No diabetes either

[@taurusgirlxoxo4541]

wait! how did they all fit in that kayak?

[@sauersig3919]

TauRusgirL xoxo lol. I have the same question

[@leandroavi6755]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChezzaAU]

I was thinking exactly that!

[@ChezzaAU]

@Username [Redacted] ..... thanks for that!! But I can't help thinking how claustrophobic this would've been. How far would the family travel in this way? Or are you having me on?

[@worklion50]

It was like a clown car... with a kayak

[@miko3895]

Im in love with a native Alaskan Eskimo. Im so thrilled, to know such a heroic, strong, and determined man. Gold mine, Ladies! Awesome 😎 lover, provider, hunter, fisherman, Sooo different than any man before him

[@DOMINICPAULL]

Thanks for good look at the not too distant past of nomadic sustenance living of the arctic tribes.

[@internationalpulse]

Amazing people

[@lizziesangi1602]

This guy throws a mean lasso and usually on one shot.

[@lissajean]

This use to be shown to 5th graders when I was in school. 1965.

[@universeslap]

Funny thing is, that in Czechia and Slovakia we call nanook icecream lolly. It may very well be because of this old movie

[@lucaazeri1700]

Nice documentary

[@mrno_name9518]

Didn’t realize I watched a 49 minute video

[@worklion50]

So.... I asked my wife to chew my boots till they were soft.............. I get the stitches out next Wednesday.

[@machpualooashoona9659]

Respect

[@ehyahpaw5030]

Who's watching during the lockdown of 2020 ?

[@johnnypootoogook6869]

2024, who is still watching?

[@Sarah.Riedel]

Dude tried to eat a vinyl record lol

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

Can someone tell me how the mothers manage without nappies when the babies are in the hoods?

[@louisbattle79]

No mention of the dangers of the polar bear.

[@charlesaanonson3954]

I suspect that no Polar bear is going to go anywhere near those dogs. Modern hunters often use dogs to hunt bears. Once the dogs corner the bear, that is the time to go in with the harpoons.

[@ytubepuppy]

People seem amazed at this but there are people all over the world eeking out a living in such places as the Namib desert or the great central desert of Australia, and the Amazon rain forest who are just as tough and ingenious. They have the same challenges, the only difference being the weather. 120° temperature with no shade will kill you as sure as -40°, only slower. The same goes for a polar bear killing you only slightly faster than a brown taipan, the major difference being that the polar bear WILL eat you.

[@gungun5059]

They eat raw meat, i can't even eat cooked meat without season

[@himanshushekhawat1712]

True son of Nature,respect for them

[@ralphramirez3671]

No property tax

[@robertsnopkiewicz3667]

LOOK AT REAL Eskimos STRONG DOGS - NOT TODAYS HOME PETS

[@raibrdhari7799]

Its.cool ;

[@joebidet2050]

❤Eskimos

[@talatanand7103]

FYI, there's an entire Wikipedia article on this movie.

[@janesmith9024]

Thank you - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North

[@bijaysonar9208]

Ow ❤

[@cybertroll6905]

Walrus meats cooking over the fire sounds good but eating it raw? Now that's some eskimo shit lol.

[@fernandocruz1393]

It’s crazy how strong that rope made of animal skin !

[@everything-yd4xm]

that kayak might be used for some magic tricks

[@user-sx2qf8ki7o]

Since the governments of Canada Iceland put them in permanent residence ruined their lives they are weak today compared to their grandfather who was a wanderer and lived in an igloo, today a 17 year old Eskimo boy does not have the power an Eskimo boy had 100 years ago, permanent residence physically weakens man but gives him all wisdom And wisdom to learn to think and invent devices motors cranes computers and all kinds of machines that compensate for the lack of power

[@tinahaynes696]

Imagine what happens to these people when they drink.

[@tinahaynes696]

Imagine taking down a Polar Bear with only a harpoon ?

[@justplainbrad7713]

Someone please tell me what you think at 29:29... ...does that child get it's head slammed into the igloo? The old film seemed to jump at that frame. While it looked quite innocent...no clearance check, careless adult. For all the world...it looks like that was a potent forehead-smash.

[@guerraepazpazeguerra5535]

BUT THE NARRATION IS PRIOR!

[@brucefranklin1317]

Nanooks wife is beautiful hes a super great guy too.. humble and a great hunter... ive seen him kill a polar bear by hisself with 2 long ass spears...

[@lucassiekoperqualuk9181]

Will this life

[@rayerscarpensael2300]

How the heck did they keep wood for fire all winter?

[@fringestream990]

I thought they used oil from the walrus it said?

[@rayerscarpensael2300]

@@fringestream990 to light a candle maybe but for heat? Even during the whaling centuries whale oil was not a heating source in europe

[@djbuck3632]

Imagine going back in a time machine and Pulling out an iPhone. You could tel the world you were an alien God and rule the world.

[@brucefranklin1317]

Poor nanook died from stavation in the end

[@endeavour420]

i feel guilty now, complaining today about little things

[@royukuluk]

They are Inuit.

[@guerraepazpazeguerra5535]

YES, BUT IS THAT EARLY DAYS THE CIVILIZED PEOPLE CALLED THEM ESKIMO, NOW THEY RECOGNISE THEIR OWN NAME, INUKTITUT

[@seigneurjesuistoipshaw.5359]

God bless all those once were innocent beings! 😇🙏♥️👁🫵🏼

[@jacobeksor6088]

They hunt to survive that make sense but people today hunt just for fun , they even eat them .

[@sisirakumara449]

Good

[@TheKurtis66]

Can anyone else see the face in Nanook's new window? Min. 28:00 to 29:00 on vid. What about you cantychasmellthatsmell?

[@haaaaa4173]

I am Montagnard Jarai Indigenous Central highland what they called today Central highland love Eskimo / Inuit

[@heywhatsthatsmell]

makes me hungry for a big slab of raw blubber

[@freedomfreedom6544]

We didn’t domesticate the plants. They domesticate us

[@opinionatorX]

This is real living and when Men were really Men. This is a true example of men taking care of his family. Not all this soft gay stuff.

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opinionatorX 6

[@leandroavi6755]

👌👍👍

[@73gmiller]

It's all fun and games till you try eating the record.

[@paulpatloyal151]

One of my great-uncles, was connected by ancestry dna.

[@ambulantic]

Hey everyone please understand that this film is known to be completely staged by Flaherty and the man who plays Nanook (not his real name). It presents a very colonial view of the Inuit peoples and should be viewed with scrutiny. Scenes like when Nanook bites the gramophone record are especially problematic as the Inuit of that time period knew what gramophones were and how they worked, so Flaherty is representing them as "primitive" when they were very aware of modern technologies and used some in their daily lives (like rifles for hunting).

[@DungNguyen-ws8fu]

Đó la những chiếc máy đầu tiên được ra đời Người ta phải dùng ✋ để lên day tua Với những chiếc bang có hình tròn Chúng la muôn Thủa ( Rất mốt mà cho đến hôm nay vẫn không loi thời Khi âm nhạc phát ra anh ta rất kinh ngạc Anh ta đã dùng răng cắn chặt miếng bang Để xem chúng la vật liệu gì Mà có thể phát ra âm nhạc hay nhất mọi thời đại Đó la những chuyện thần tiên mà anh ta vừa trông thấy Người phương Tây đã đem lại nền văn minh cho họ Để thưởng thức những giấy phút thần tiên *:":':":*'":*;*:*@@@@@@@@

[@zoiachurilov3573]

I am 😊

[@naturelilacgold9016]

很腥呀！

[@DungNguyen-ws8fu]

Anh ta đã chế ra một 🌲 xam chìa 3 Chính giữa La một mũi tên nhọn còn hai bên tạo ra 2 chiếc ngạnh trái và phải * chiếc ngạnh có nhiệm vụ quan trọng giữ cho Cá 🐟 Không rơi lại xuống nước khi trúng mục tiêu 2 chiếc ngạnh được côt chặt bởi phần thân dưới Bên trên có thể mở rộng ra khi lấy Cá 🐟 Đó la một cách nghĩ rất thông minh vào thời đó Nếu không cá 🐟 sẽ bị rơi xuống nước trở lại Z phố mưa Nguyên Dũng*:":":";*'":*:":":":@@@@@@@@ Bách phát bách trúng vô địch

[@Velgaxxx]

Poor, poor dogs though...

[@IowaKim]

TheVelgaxxx I feel sorry for dogs that are locked it up in little apartments in big cities. So each his own.

[@Velgaxxx]

@@IowaKim I feel the same. They were not meant to be this way, I mean locked in apartments, they belong in the houses with open yards to protect the houses and live in the wide open.

[@73gmiller]

I would hate to be a eskemo dog

[@oneuponzero]

If I am in charge I would organize a yearly exchange program where one hundred Eskimo will be selected to live in the Sahara Desert for 2 months in exchange for a hundred Arabic Camel men coming to stay in the North Pole during the winter month. We may simple label it as a Hot and Cold Suana Exchange Program 👍

[@djbuck3632]

When a family member dies they probably eat them.

[@michaeln7421]

duma

[@djbuck3632]

31:40 eskimooooo booooooobieeeees!!!!

[@tomspeed2000]

14:46 The walrus is so ugly creature، seeing how to eating it raw right after death make my stomach so sick 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 🤮🤒

[@meatman3128]

Kamran Pipekesh it’s completely normal lol

[@tomspeed2000]

@@meatman3128 yes I know it, there is no enough woods or fuel to can make fires but still I have terrible feeling about it .. also at the washing and cleaning the child with saliva sequence ..

[@Socrates478]

💯Natural Peoples👍

[@ROGERWDARCY]

Are you Indians?

[@okaminess]

They don't call themselves that.

[@serenajackowski5891]

This is shown in anthropology classes to show how inappropriate our view of the inuit people are. This is not something to be celebrated.

[@soniachambers6460]

What do U mean

[@fringestream990]

Sounds like modern Woke nonsense.

[@djbuck3632]

She cleans the baby with spit rags. 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@garychynne1377]

he starved to death

[@puccini4530]

Wrong.

[@matthewmann8969]

They have a average IQ of 91 i believe I wonder if given the right environment one that is warm or cool but not hot or cold if they can build there own versions of cities and villages I know they are capable of it if they have a high EQ as well IQ helps but is not the only thing that counts

[@okaminess]

Excuse me? I think you're wrong to think that way about indigenous people. If indigenous people could learn to speak each others' languages and learn English, what makes you so certain that they were "low IQ"? Obviously, it's what you think. I'm indigenous and proud of it.

[@not2tees]

Even as a whitey who did very well on IQ tests, the fact is that there is no basis to judge a people and a culture who are utterly at odds with a culture that measures everything and takes the life out of everything so money can be made from it.

[@najanielsen2832]

If you live there, I dont think you will make it. Your High IQ brain will freeze. Sianiitsuunngilagut.

[@matthewmann8969]

​@@okaminessI was talking about Eskimos And Aleuts they were measured to have a intelligence quotient around 91 which are higher then the Amerindians including The Athabaskans to there Southern spots but lower then Whites, East Asians, And Ashkenazi Jews the Amerindians have IQ average in the 80s somewhere mid I think and Whites have it at 100 and East Asians have it at 105 and Ashkenazi Jews at 115 yeah.

[@matthewmann8969]

​@@not2teesI AM TALKING ABOUT AVERAGES IQ is mostly genetic but it does also have nutritional and environmental factors too the average Amerindian has a IQ at like 86 I think and average Eskimo/Aleut has it at 91 average White at 100, average East Asian at 105 and average Ashkenazi Jewish Person at 115 if those IQ tests were as pro White as you possibly think then East Asians And Ashkenazi Jews would of been measured to have lower IQs then Whites not higher yeah.

[@dallasboyjunior214]

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