Old Whaling Film aboard The Viola 1916 Part 1 of 2
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- This restored 1964 classic of "Whaling Days" features a whaling voyage aboard the New Bedford whaleship "VIOLA"in 1916 narrated by Whaling historian Reginald Hegarty of The New Bedford Whaling Museum. He actually was a whaler himself and sailed on the "VIOLA". Although the film is in fair condition, Haggerty provides a rare insight into life at sea aboard a whaler. The film was seen for the first time on TV in 1964 in this series of "Whaling Days" Dateline Boston by WHDH and The MA Dept of Education. Restored by the M.L.Baron Historic Archives and www.westislandweather.com/ Part 2 can be seen at this link: • Old Whaling Film aboar...
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My great grandfather was aboard the Charles W Morgan Joao Dalomba.. a boat header..thanks for the video
Incredible footage and narrative. This video should be required for anyone reading Moby Dick
More related films here: www.westislandweather.com/apps/videos/channels/show/3999122-historic-vintage-film-archives?page=3
Agreed.
I can't help but be impressed by the tenacity of these men, also I can't help but see the terrible conditions that they worked under, and the hubris of the people who where in charge of this. Were times so tough back then, that no one thought of what they were doing, was it all hand to mouth. I am so glad I did not live in these times.
I highly doubt things were ever, generally speaking, any different: hand-to-mouth is the rule for the vast majority of people, not the exception. If there's two things the rich hate it's leakage and overflow...
What a unique industry it was! Very informative video. Seems like very little went to waste.
Just a remarkable documentary! Thank you for sharing.
what a interesting video! thanks for sharing!
This kind of whaling, when this footage was shot was already being surpassed by the modern day whaling with steam powered boats and harpoon cannons. Since the kind of whales they were going after (Gray whales, Sperm Whales, Bowhead Whales and Right whales) were getting too depleted to be of any value.
The modern day whaling allowed them to go after the Rorqual species, such as the Finback, the Humpback and the Blue whale, which were too fast for the rowing boats to catch and sank when killed.
This clip also showed what it took to actually kill a whale, you had to tire them out and somehow get close enough to use a lance with which you had to cut the main artery at the head, which is what actually kills it.
As you can imagine that is dangerous, you're dealing with an angry animal as big as a greyhound bus and the Grey Whale in particular wouldn't go down without a big fight, they were so ferocious that the whalers nicknamed them "Devil fish"
It was also the old style whaling which led to a piece of superstition that is still in place today. A whale could easily swipe a rowing boat to pieces with its powerful tail, which the whalers named "The Hand of God" so the first thing they did when the whale was killed, was to slice the flukes off. Officially they do so for ease of transport but its also because of diffusing a potential bomb, making sure that the hand of God cannot strike them again.
Fascinating.
There is just one correction to.make, because they are hunting sperm whales in the video, and in the Azores, for example, they continue to hunt them with this technique until the 1980's. And other thing to keep in mind, after development of the explosive canons, it took quite many years for the whole world to use them, specially if you take into the consideration the amount of time that the information traveled in that time and money to get a technology like that. Also there is "tradition" to be out into que account.
I thought Diego Maradona was the hand of god dude?
@@Dave-id6sj Only about a full hundred years later he was.
they hit the lungs not the artery deep in the head. the lungs would fill with blood and the whale would spout blood . men would shout "chimney's afire!" and they would lay to well away as the whale goes into its circular violent death flurry.
I doubt the address still stands to get one of them whaling books, great video none the less! Thank you
This is fascinating footage! I am currently creating a music video for my band, based on the sinking of the Essex. Would I be able to use some parts of this footage? Thank you
Yes you can. Good luck with your video. Thanks for asking permission.
@@MLBaron thank you so much! Greatly appreciated.
@@collapser_bandGood Luck
thanks to technology, we do not need to make oil from their blubber for lighting. This way the whales will have a chance for a comeback. Now if people could leave the inuit alone when it comes to their traditional way of life hunting whales and seal.
yup focus on factory ships and foreign commercial overfishing ,and commercial and "scientific" whaling
Thank you, I'm Siberian yupik and we hunt the bowhead were lucky to get 1 a year and it feeds our town for the whole year, when we get 1 we all get together and give thanks, and nothing on that whale is wasted same with the seal and walrus nothing on the animal is wasted, my grandfather always told me respect the animal always apologize and give thanks and he gave an example he said "look at the polar bear it hunts to survive as does the seal and walrus and certain birds", this one time he got mad at me I was taught young and I was scared to finish my kill, he said "Son don't ever let it suffer like that, they have feelings too they're a lot like us"
Come to think of it that's the only time I've seen him get mad.
Thank you, I'm Siberian yupik and we hunt the bowhead were lucky to get 1 a year and it feeds our town for the whole year, when we get 1 we all get together and give thanks, and nothing on that whale is wasted same with the seal and walrus nothing on the animal is wasted, my grandfather always told me respect the animal always apologize and give thanks and he gave an example he said "look at the polar bear it hunts to survive as does the seal and walrus and certain birds", this one time he got mad at me I was taught young and I was scared to finish my kill, he said "Son don't ever let it suffer like that, they have feelings too they're a lot like us"
Come to think of it that's the only time I've seen him get mad.
@@one_up907 Beautiful, insightful comment and I thank you for it. Are you familiar with the Inuit word "Ilira"? I'm curious about your take on it.
@BeardVsTheWorldUK1 not familiar with the word but it sounds close to "sing" or "story", we call the bow head (Aghvepiik), the Warlus (Ayveq), the seal (neghsaq).
thanks for the historical film . lest we forget. a lexus is not a whaleing ship , some jobs ?
thanks helped me out for my project, kinda shitty quality though
You do realize that this was filmed 100 years ago so the quality is what it is, I myself and just dam glad that it survived and we can view it today.
It's film from 1916. No color, no sound on film, even. Just eyewitness real history. Fascinating.
When men were men! Tough s.o.b's with stones of steel and the nerves like a burgular!
Bist du nur ein Mann, wenn du tötest? Seltsame Vorstellung von Männlichkeit. Für mich ist ein Mann ein Mann, wenn er die Schwachen beschützt.
@@Monsterknecht nobody knows what your saying dude! Lol. 🤷
This is disturbing.