The WW2 Women Who Became Wood Cutters | Wartime Farm EP5 | Absolute History

[@t.vinters3128]

I'm kind of amazed by the fact I never really thought about this aspect of WWII. I was taught plenty about the obvious parts - the holocaust, battle fronts, the Blitz, attempts to assassinate Hitler, the impact on women's liberation and other movements... But I never thought about what huge effects the war had on agriculture and rural societies. So this is a really interesting take.

[@that1niceguy246]

Nothing makes me as happy as seeing Ruth having a little family reunion in these videos

[@arwahsapi]

Just yesterday I watched Ruth and Peter building a castle, milking sheeps and lighting fire with flints in Tudor era, now they're cutting woods to fight the Nazi in WW2. Time travelling has been rough for them.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

There are several series with these guys. On this channel they seem to arrive a little haphazardly ! 😆 The original BBC series (on youtube), are ; Constructing a french chateau. Tudor monastery farm. Victorian farm. Victorian pharmacy. Edwardian farm. Wartime farm. Christmas specials....

[@ritageorge8748]

Comment-'puurfect'

[@mackenziedrake]

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Where does Tales from the Green Valley come in this sequence?

[@dazzads]

@@mackenziedrake probably between tudor monastery & victorian farm. it’s set during the stuart’s era...1620s. can’t wait to watch.

[@angelwhispers2060]

All of these shows are stupid old and were originally produced by the BBC

[@mikakestudios5891]

Ruth's enthusiasm over shouting "timber!" cured my depression.

[@that1niceguy246]

10:34- for anyone who needs it

[@rogerauger7766]

That and her enthusiasm too.

[@ashleelarsen5002]

Awww her laugh fills the forest... I wanna hang out with her...

[@vincentcleaver1925]

Ruth's enthusiasm is enough to save a life...

[@Bebe-me3qn]

I love how Alex, Peter and Ruth are so gentle with the farm animals 😍

[@WolffangLightwood]

Lol, when Ruth learned she had to yell timber and exclaimed "YES!" Makes me think she's always wanted to do that

[@kingjames4886]

I thought she was about to run off and touch herself...

[@eringatewood5062]

She's a lumberjane and she's all right

[@ritageorge8748]

She had me laughing when you could hear her yees when she was told timber & Eve could be heard just as loud&then their stereo laugh!&the announcer's mumble in background

[@marycanary86]

the need to shout "timber" sort of indicates a certain scale of your work and working with big and slightly dangerous stuff rather appeals to ruth, i think xD

[@kellypbr7742]

The problem with this show is that the music becomes loud when statistics are being announced. I can't hear them.

[@sledgehammer9966]

oh my goodness yes its so annoying, the balance between the loudness of the narrator and the music is way off sometimes

[@ricktimmons458]

mute and use closed caption get about every fifth word wrong. the music is so overbearing.

[@Tser]

Yeah there's some audio balance episodes for sure. And it's not captioned. The KZbin autocraptions don't do the job.

[@jackalakkin]

Heck, I can't hear ANYTHING over the music

[@ravenhendershott1058]

I scrolled down to the comments to see who else thought the music was too loud and wasn't disappointed.

[@sim.lunar_cy1304]

40:44 in case you missed it, one of the most famous female ambulance drivers during WWII was the future Queen Elizabeth. She remains the only female member of the royal family to have served in the armed forces. What an inspiration.

[@maxdecphoenix]

i swear that in the t.v. release, that section featured a short vignette featuring Elizabeth during her time in the A.F. Must be attributing it from other video i've watched though.

[@sim.lunar_cy1304]

@@maxdecphoenix i remember that too

[@joelwillems4081]

Yes, the sound got awful then, I redid it but still couldn't make it out. However, I know Princess Elizabeth did that and so it must have mentioned her. She was born in 1926 so just a teenager at that time. I remember seeing "The King's Speech" with the outbreak of the war and she's just a girl.

[@ritageorge8748]

Of course even CC cut off but her service was mentioned when she surprised the Saudi leader by getting in the driver's seat for a tour-ha ha Google it-joy!Many royals served-P Philip-39-52-andrew&dwn to Harry

[@judyjohnson9610]

There is much to admire about that lady. My Grannie drove an ambulance during the war as well. Just a little thing, she was...It must have been WW1 as I am 65 and she was 40 when she had my mom

[@SuperGamli]

British cooking summarized by Ruth "this is quite edible" :D

[@gaylegoodman9097]

Throughout all of the different series’ featuring Ruth, I am always so impressed by her knowledge, strength, and tenacity. She never disappoints 😮.

[@karenfitzpatrick6256]

I loves these series. I learn so much, but it's entertaining as well. Ruth, Peter and Alex are such a wonderful team and work together like a family! Enthusiastic and eager not only to learn, but more than ready to experience using the tools available. They all seem to really enjoy themselves while getting the skills they need in order to accomplish goals that were vital in the past. Many of the crafts and skills are almost lost to us today. It's such a nice touch that Ruth's daughter, Eve and her dad joined in the adventure.

[@Sarahreadsbooks]

ruth is my favorite part of all these videos! her happiness makes me so happy 🥰

[@ryanmrowka8970]

Root it chav

[@Lank_King]

Idk Henry(the dog)might be the best part

[@cleverusername9369]

She just out here living her best former life

[@noahway13]

try to be like her

[@johnbigboote8900]

When she's not outright smiling in happiness she has look of fascinated concentration and absorption; I envy how engaged she is in whatever business is at hand. She never holds anything back. Peter and Alex, while I like them, always seem to have the attitude that they're just a couple of amateur punters giving it their best try and hoping for the best.

[@whitescar2]

That laugh when they've felled a tree all on their lonesome is just so adorably genuine. ^^

[@annika_panicka]

10:28 _"If you can also shout 'TIMBER' when it goes..."_ 10:34 RG: _"YESSSS!"_ I ❤Ruth - it's like she's been waiting a lifetime to chop down a tree and yell "TIMBER" (who among us hasn't?) and finally has the chance, but she gets that excited over almost any new task and accomplishment. And she'll try anything once.

[@adelinaclamser5881]

A few decades from now they’ll do “living during the coronavirus pandemic” and they’ll have to deal with shortages of toilet paper and relying on uber

[@mariamargaritagarcia8049]

Your comment is hilarious !!

[@bribango8981]

😂😂😂😂

[@noahway13]

Too horrifical to re-live.

[@kitcat8308]

Future historian "A hundred years ago, In the year 2020, the arrival of a Global Pandemic started changing the face of shopping, continuing and accelerating the change from the Brick and Mortar stores of the 20th century, to the online shopping and pickup options available in the 21st Century. The trials of the Global Pandemic led to the improvement of delivery methods, and the implementation of Car side pickup methods, especially for essentials like groceries and the ever controversial toilet paper."

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Few decades from now everyone is doing whatever centralized government as imagined by world economic forum tells them to do.

[@JoMarieM]

I've really been enjoying the Wartime Farm series, as well as the Victorian and Edwardian farm series. As an American, it's interesting for me to see how Britain struggled through five years of war, and I'm amazed at their resourcefulness during such a challenging time in their history. It's just a miracle that the British people didn't starve, with the country's relatively small size and difficulty in importing foods during the war. The US was affected by the war too, although things were a bit different here in some respects. Although our country was bigger and could produce more food, certain items were still rationed, like butter, sugar, eggs, tea and coffee, along with gasoline, and less essential items like nylon stockings. Americans were encouraged to grow "Victory Gardens" for vegetables in any available spaces. Major cities on the coasts had blackout orders and air raid drills, though thankfully, we never had to actually put those drills into practice. We also weren't involved in the war in Europe as long as the Brits were -- we were trying to stay neutral until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 made that impossible, and we soon found ourselves fighting a two-front war, because soon after we declared war on Japan, Germany, Japan's ally, soon declared war on us. WW2 was a very rough time for a lot of people on both sides of the Atlantic!

[@fandangofandango2022]

These Shows are Mighty.

[@911bobiscool]

WHAT? DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS LOUD MUSIC?!?

[@kimberleymcmillan682]

I love these series. It’s just a shame that the background noise and music drown out the narrator half the time :(

[@mariamargaritagarcia8049]

You are more than right !!

[@markfryer9880]

It is very annoying, they cut to the narrator and then drown him out with period appropriate background music. Where is the quality control of these documentaries?

[@cleverusername9369]

​@@markfryer9880they're re-uploads of re-uploads

[@robertgraffham6440]

In the 1960s I had the pleasure as a 15yr old to work with draught horses at Higher farm Up Mudford in Somerset :-) Pc Plod (May) decided to try and have me held to account for being underage on the road! Ron Dening, the farmer quickly put him in his place! :-) Many thanks to all the staff at Higher Farm and especially to Mike Fuller the farms Horseman, who taught me the way of handling these fine animals! And to lay a hedge, dig a ditch (by hand), amongst many other Somerset farm tasks! :-)

[@Nexus-6]

I live in northern British Columbia, Canada and I used to work as a tree faller and bucker. The lumber Jills are my kind of ladies! 😊👌

[@mikeamico6763]

Really cool seeing your dad on the show Ruth great job guys as usual

[@ReapWhatYaSow]

Ruth can fit into any very era easily.

[@amandaglidewell8451]

“Oh this ones got teeth Peter!” 🤣

[@joshuamichael2421]

Ruth is a delight. You know she has wanted to say "Timber!" Her entire life

[@ronaldschultenover8137]

She is a hag

[@MegaSmk]

@@ronaldschultenover8137 and how are you doing in the meantime? are you still an ogre, or have you evolved?

[@DeclanBurger]

To everyone mentioning the music being too loud the Absolute History channel is working on reuploading these videos for the viewers so it's mixed better and the levels are quieter when the narrator talks, it'll be fixed shortly just be patient :)

[@IonIsFalling7217]

Right? Like they're providing these difficult-to-find documentaries for FREE. Some gratitude is appriciated.

[@rallymum5246]

@@IonIsFalling7217 I appreciate the work and effort going into these documentaries. I do wish there was no music though. It's not needed, very distracting, and you miss a substantial amount of good quality and useful information. Especially in my case where I'm living off grid and trying to be as self sustainable as possible.

[@riz3310]

Going on eight months.

[@only1pirate]

That's great news, any updates on this?

[@savannerzz635]

In sep 2021 it’s still not fixed

[@sonicvenom8292]

People: The trusty tractor Subtitle: The rusty tractor Appearance: A rusty tractor Me: Looks like someone got something right for once.

[@0MVR_0]

A rustic actor, dummy.

[@plm-fp6nu]

Makes sense to me. if its all rusty and old, yet functioning as it should in spite of it's heavy usage then that *is* one trusty tractor.

[@elizabethwatt8131]

I remember my mother telling us kids a lot about things from the war. Now they make more sense. My goodness, we had it easy in Canada during the war. Things were not nearly as stringent on our farms. You could trade food stamp for things we wanted more of, for things we produced, ie butter, milk, eggs, for sugar, flour, textiles from people who had a willing to trade their allowed quota. Now I realize Dad had a blacksmith shop that he was quite capable with.

[@MamaOdie]

I feel blessed that my children hear firsthand, from my gran, what it was like. When they fuss about what's for dinner or other such things, I say Gran tell them about... At the dinner table we are 4 generations.

[@moneyserah]

Ruth is vibing

[@nunya___]

26:15 Again, the music is so loud we can't hear commentary. 👎👎👎

[@ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

Imagine getting conscripted 3 years after the war actually ended and still being forced to mine coal.

[@johnserak6618]

Great show as always, fantastic series.

[@limeproductions7873]

10:34 Honestly Ruth gives me life.

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

Mad respect to the women in WW2 who did this using only hand saws and axes. Cutting down a tree, limbing, and bucking it is hard enough with a chainsaw. I used to be a skiddie (someone that limbs, measures and cuts trees), these days most work is done by machines, it's not as fun though in my opinion.

[@janeisenbeton9030]

10:30 Ruth is so eager to shout: ''Timber!''

[@generallyspeaking6548]

A Lumberjill! Amazing.

[@crunchies4me]

Awwww the baby cows are sooo adorable!!!

[@LDAZ5]

Alex talks more than actually working. Lmaoo. Peter is always in the background working hard

[@ColtGColtG]

They need to hop across the pond and do 1920's american farm and peter has to start a bootlegging and speakeasy racket so he can keep his need to drink in check :p

[@Lostinhistory12]

It would be interesting to see what sharecroppers were up to at the same time

[@grahamjohnson7412]

Last episode they can pretend to be Okies on the move. Travel from the Dust Bowl out to the west coast somewhere.

[@ritageorge8748]

I would pay for that one

[@SplotPublishing]

@@Lostinhistory12 My mother's family were sharecroppers. That might be a bit much to ask even of this hardy team. People died. It's basically slavery minus the outright violence. Their huts were often unheated, without floors, or anything in the windows, tar paper shacks... it wasn't just poverty. It was forced labor poverty with a system that guaranteed the longer you worked, the more you owed. Dragging 100+ bags of cotton bolls through the fields. Kids who never went to school, or went to school only when they weren't working. Malnutrition was common. I wouldn't wish that on these lovely folks.

[@MamaOdie]

That would be awesome!

[@greendeane1]

My mother used to say... "dirty dishes means you had something to eat."

[@amyalksnis5659]

I love these programs but i wish they wouldn’t play the background music so loud over the narrater

[@robynw6307]

Alex emerges from a coalmine, and greets Peter looking pristine, and Peter, who's been on the surface (albeit in blacksmith shop) the whole time, is covered in black. LOL

[@robyntinker1811]

It's stunning to see how well planned the British war effort was.

[@alleniversonisabeast]

If it’s impossible to fix the audio, maybe just upload the correct captions and allow us to read the handful of words that are impossible to decipher even after rewinding 4 times and listening super closely!

[@michelledurward6603]

This is great insight into how it was during the war. I had no idea it was so hard.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

This is just scraping the tip of the iceberg. Only people like my 92 year old father knows the true hardship of WW2. My country Norway was like many, invaded by the nazis. They took some 90 % of the food, your pots and pans, your radio, your car, your school, your house... Dad worked for the local grocer when he was 13. He drove the old delivery van to a nearby prison camp, 3 times a week. With food for the nazi guards. When the food was being delivered, carried in by the half starved russian war prisoners, dad would also hand over 2 days worth of stale bread, and other "surplus" food, nicked out of the nazi rations, to the prisoners. The camp capo knew about this, and would hold indoor briefings with his staff while the food delivery happened. Thus my father avoided being shot, and lived to tell...

[@bpj1805]

Don't worry, it'll be this hard again if the West doesn't stop sleepwalking into a communist and/or totalitarian dystopia.

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

@@bpj1805 DBM -- I voted for Trump.

[@josephredden7280]

Okay I have to admit I'm absolutely hooked on absolute history 😆 LOL. But seriously I really am hooked on these shows I have learned so much watching these videos they are a treat to watch. Thank you guys for uploading these videos please put more on KZbin?

[@sinistersisterh-e4663]

I think that there should have been a decoration... A kind of medall for the women, who did their work to keep theyre country alive.

[@TreadSlowly]

The sound mixing on all of these videos leaves something to be desired.

[@Maglorfin]

That bind was well good!

[@jessegaspard]

Peter seems really extra quiet and somber in this series as apposed to the other few historical farm series I’ve seen him in.

[@ritageorge8748]

Peter grew up-avery short time in Germany-(some US post said)&didnt call soldiers'Yanks'- but Americans&'they' respectfully stayed in line on farm roads

[@obiwan-in-a-pudding2909]

It's a somber era and I'm sure it weighed more heavily on his mind than other "Farm" series.

[@jackieow]

Who thatches the roofs we see in the background? Watching that done would be an interesting video.

[@marycanary86]

ruth was born to sit behind the wheel of that coal powered ambulance beast. just look at her

[@devoncook5899]

You have to sack your sound mixer. So bad. I saw that you are going to try and correct the problem. Good luck guys. Looking forward to it. Cheers from your biggest fan

[@lillyrose5428]

God, those calves are adorable!

[@MagnoliaZZZZ]

This just goes to show how creative and resourceful people can be. Even an EMP attack won't keep us down. We will figure it out. Love this!!!

[@suzuki694]

great show, alot of great information although i call bs on the welder

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

Wow, am I learning things. So educational.

[@NorwayT]

When plowing a virgin piece of land, you take a few tens or hundreds of pounds of top soil from a high-yielding, disease-free field and spread across the new field. You are actually then transplanting the microbiological flora, containing good soil bacterias that help increase the yield of the new field considerably.

[@harlech2]

I do so love these, but man... I wish whoever was doing the editing paid closer attention to the clip / music volume versus the narrator.

[@aphexdruqks7751]

It's incredible, how many people have to comment on how many videos before you get the commentary sound right?? Nobody review before posting?

[@dano336]

this is fantastic! there is a show "mountain men" the one person ,(in the state of North Carolina (USA) uses wood gas to fuel his truck . Same concept ..I just put up with the audio it's fine ..it can be ignored because the content is great.

[@ryanramsey9621]

North Carolina man is Eustace. Him and the neighbor are amazing at doing everything while wasting nothing they use. Original living a green lifestyle.

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

The narrator: The team must learn how to cope with shortages... KZbin: And we have to learn how to cope with not being able to hear the narrator

[@valeriataylor8337]

seeing them doing those jobs looks like a holiday camp. Sometimes i hear myself thinking "hey i'd love to do that!" but reality must have been very very harsh!

[@wasnhas]

Great series !

[@user-gb7fp5sn5n]

Throughout all these series (Green Valley, Victorian, Edwardian) I’ve enjoyed the mix of nature, livestock, carpentry & cooking. This is the first series where the lack of working in nature & with the seasons has impacted me. This series is mostly about machinery & noise! What a change from past eras.

[@reaganlewallen02]

Please lower the music volume! 🙏🏽

[@pennypaints8091]

Ruth’s dad is adorable!!! I love him!

[@SLewis-do6xh]

Can we have more of these kinds of shows ? I just about done with the others they do as well.

[@joseleswopes1400]

Back in my hometown Delta Colorado in the United States of America. In the 1960's our town Delta Colorado grew Sugar Beets, when the train passed by we would wait for Sugar Beets to fall off of it. We would pick them up off the ground and eat them 🥰

Whoever does the editing on these shows should be fired because the music is too loud when the narrator is trying to explain something you can't hear it

[@pobblebonkk]

I saw this one it was on TV and it wasn’t less loud, I think it’s an issue with KZbin and not the actual show

[@RoseCarroll-pk6mt]

Thank you

[@joyboricua3721]

@4:10 "well, if a land-girl can start it, then maybe even WE can start it" ... XD such appraisal!

[@judyjohnson9610]

Land girls might have been underappraciated in the years after. There was a series on Netflix that was very good. Not sure how accurate it was but it looked plausible

[@francisphillips53]

Coal fired truck.. awesome. (If you could bottle Ruth's laugh.. ud go faster than a jet.)

[@darklymoonlit]

I was not emotionally prepared for seeing whole boiled onions. Yeesh.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

.THank you.

[@harleyharlita]

Oh I love this series, but I just wish the background music they play during transition screens, stayed in the background. We cannot hear any of the dialogue during that time. That said WE ARE ADDICTED~~~~ cant stop watching this series~~ love it love it love it

[@coreysundberg7620]

I loved seeing the boys try to teach the calves to drink from a bucket. Growing up with and still owning dairy cattle its something I've done countless times. It can really be a frustrating job at times.

[@elioraimmanuel]

Outstanding series and channel, but if you could sort of mute the music so that dialogue is easily heard above it, that would be fabulous.

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

I wonder how many young men came home after the war just to find out their family farm had been taken? like I said before no one will ever know the truth!

[@annaverano5843]

The government just took their farms ? I know they would take their horses or other things they needed for the war effort . I didn't think they would steal peoples property especially after they were literally willing to die for their country . That makes me sad and angry at the same time

[@sarcasmo57]

Good work guys.

[@CGI_Andy]

I like this series but some of the music and sounds are louder than narration and talking. It's hard to hear.

[@darkangelprincess101]

I absolutely love this channel. I'm not British. But from what I remember of American history this really isn't much different

[@juliebear1505]

What a beautiful horse.

[@Luvyourfam4ever]

The music is great and everything, but you can’t hear the narrator with how loud it is. 🙉

[@53evi]

I wanted to write the same

[@CharlotteRaine]

It’s hard to imagine eating something with a name that comes when you call it

[@bpj1805]

Don't name things you're going to eat one day.

[@aliciakerr7639]

@@bpj1805 my kids named the cows..... mince, steak, roast ... that way they didn’t feel sad eating them

[@dandeedanee]

It's hard to do, unless it's a mean critter, but if you need to eat, you need to eat.

[@harleyquinn2011]

sound is slightly better but still louder then narrator and only half watch able :(

[@bitsnpieces11]

The situation at about 18:40 is where you need to do what is called "hilling". Make a ridge along the long way that will give you a high point that will stay above the water and be dry for your plants.

[@kathychildress18]

There's Ruth's cackling

[@OofusTwillip]

Ernie Wise, of Morecambe and Wise, was one of the Bevin Boys miners.

[@sandywest4299]

i love ruth her and her daughter so happy to yell TIMERRRR. How fun was it for you Alex and Peter to use that tractor ... oh i forgot Hi Peter

[@Zoldgameclips]

I absolutely love these series of documentaries in a mini series style, but please make sure someone is reviewing the sound before posting, otherwise you get *this* at 34:45 -- an unintelligible mix of upbeat music in the front, heavy machinery in the middle, and in the back a very quiet voiceover narration that is barely audible.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Very nice 👌

I lived through it......And this is how it was..........

[@daguard411]

In a conversation I had with my Mom, who grew up during WW2, I brought up that a lot of my high school classmates were talking about legalizing marijuana, and I was incredibly shocked when my very conservative Mom said "They should legalize it and tax the hell out of it." I asked why she thought that and she let me know that during WW2 almost every farm on the eastern side of Illinois were under orders to grow it for the hemp to make rope, and she added that while that was going on, all the men would go to the bars, drink some beer and smoke some weed. They never got into fights or returned home angry. Another funny thing was that all of the hemp was sent to Menard Prison so the inmates could fashion rope, and other hemp related products. If you watch footage of operations where Marines are climbing down a rope net to load onto their landing craft, that net was made a Menard Prison.

[@JSkyGemini]

Hemp itself is incredibly versatile, the non medicinal kind should have never been banned. It is a quick, cheap and easy to grow, renewable resource.

[@maxdecphoenix]

it was the 'Hemp for Victory' program by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. They were never really ordered to grow it, but could apply for a liscense, and with a 100% sure willing premium buyer, the U.S. War Dept. (later DoD), it made little sense otherwise to grow anything else. And cereal crop farmers already had everything needed at hand to grow and harvest marijuana, so they found it very easy and profitable (in the short term). The official, government news reel for the program can be seen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmTVoJ-vnrmDqJI Humans have used hemp industrially since atleast the Macedonian Empire. Lots of historical references in the later Roman era to the use of hemp. Oil paintings of hemp fields being harvested etc. As well as references to its leaves being used as a recreational drug. Though the Romans primarily used linen (Flax) for their garments. Very few of the upper echelon may have had asian silk garments. While only the richest of the rich, possibly in the Imperial Era, may have had one garment, at most, made of cotton, owing to it's impossibly tedious workability. Also, executive orders don't 'legalize' activities. Only the Congress may do that. What executive orders do is bar Federal agencies from allocating resources to the investigation and prosecution of the activities defined in the E.O.

[@daguard411]

@@maxdecphoenix Well, your reference is a well known propagandist film company. They weren't this in a bad way, but in a Norman Rockwell way, all is presented with a positive view. As for the orders aspect, my Mom grew up outside of Old Shawnee Town on the eastern boarder of southern Illinois, and she was a brilliant Lady who wrote computer programs for the Federal government that are still in use today. She had an eye for details, I doubt she would have been mistaken on the aspect of being ordered.

[@ritageorge8748]

She was right on

[@friendlyneighbor8339]

Hemp only has .06% THC while marijuana can have around 15%. Very different crops.

[@pamcolechadwell1302]

Why dress up with a tie and suit vest that's just so silly. Ruth and the boyz riding around in that big ole beast of an ambulance so funny then cooking spam omgosh priceless.

[@eduardoribeiro383]

A suggestion for you to research: The "rubber soldiers" in the Brazilian Amazon working in nearly slave conditions to supply rubber to the allies, the desejasse and the destitute left after the war. A good beginning to understand the threat to the Amazon today.

[@ritageorge8748]

What a great post-reading about that sounds interesting but sad

[@natalieheagle7005]

I'm a little frustrated with the volume of the music versus the volume of the narration. I still love these videos though! Was the sound like this for television viewing or does it have something to do with how the sound was mixed for youtube?

[@stephenrainda5838]

Agree with Kelly PBR. I'd like to hear the dialog. Need to calm down the the music a bit.

[@crunchies4me]

Lol the baby cows having to learn to eat solid food reminds me of my roommates cat. When prickly pear was a kitten he had trouble eating his kitten food and we had to fluff it up so he could actually pick it up.

[@jesseml4303]

God working in a small space in a mine like that is my worst nightmare. 30:55 Makes me sick just looking at that

[@laurieb3703]

Sameeeeee! And knowing all that weight is above you and the exit is far 🤢🤢🤢😭😭😭😭