Nanook of the North (1922) + Winter in Western Alaska (1950)

[rawlion]

Nanook of the North documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit) and his family. Describes the trading, hunting, fishing and migrations of a group barely touched by industrial technology. Nanook of the North was widely shown and praised as the first full-length, anthropological documentary in cinematographic history.

The film is in the public domain and can be viewed at:

http://www.archive.org/details/PhantasmagoriaTheater-NanookOfTheNorth1922752

Another interesting film in the public domain, about Eskimos in winter in Alaska, 1950:

http://www.archive.org/details/EskimosW1950

[Paleo Donk]

Saw a bit of the first film. Unbelievable stuff. The inuits are just complete bad asses. I fast forwarded it to around the 17 minute mark and there is this dude catching fish with his spear and then biting the head immediately afterward. Then they kill a walrus and have to have three men tug it back to shore and immediately start eating it. This next sentence is for TD. A fantastic example of how modern weightlifting (rowing and deadlifts) would greatly improve their life functioning.

[majormark]

lol, he also makes a window from a block of ice. That is cool.