Industrial Canada, Whaling : British Columbia's Least Known and Most Romantic Industry (1919)
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English.
A documentary made in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia on whaling. The film follows the industry from harpooning the whale to processing the blubber into oil.
Source: Library and Archives Canada. Ernest Bolton fonds, 1975-0207, IDC 11233.
Glad to see this digitized!
This film was directed, photographed and edited by A.D. "Cowboy" Kean (1882-1961), BC's first professional filmmaker. (He's the silhouetted figure in the cowboy hat who appears from 00:35-00:50 in the film.) Although only Queen Charlotte Islands locations are mentioned in the titles, considerable footage was also shot off the west coast of Vancouver island. This version has been re-edited at a later date; the closing title for "British Columbia Government Films" likely dates from the early-to-mid-1920s, when the film was distributed by BC's Patriotic and Educational Picture Service.
For oil ,fertilizer and dog food...that's crazy ...wait till the hand of God ...returns
My late grandfather used oil for lubrication of his machanical sewing machine...and it was precious for all mechanical rigs let alone other impliances ... sure there was overwhelming industry in whale hunting but hardly anything went to waste
Yes there was a use for it all, sadly the most important part was wasted though :-( The life of the creature.
To give you guys a sobering statistic, when this was shot, the Harpoon cannon hadn't been around for 20 years and already 90% of the Gray and Humpback whale populations had been wiped out.
In 1920 a total ban in the harvesting of the Humpback and the Gray whale was imposed, now a hundred years later, it is that very ban which is why both species are still around today.
The problem with whaling; there are just not enough whales.
The amazing thing is, extinct animals can just re-evolve at a later time. Evolution and the beginnings of life is not a one-time event. It's happening all around us right now. The idea that it only happens once is a religious idea from the book of Genesis.
You said this before buddy. Shut up already.
@@mrhorse6587 Nope and there's no way you can make me!
I would like to see a film about everything the whale was used for lamp oils, lubricating oils and medicines and salves. In NZ 250,000 whales were harvested back in the day.
bastards
Very interesting look into the lives of coastal first nations and Chinese workers
@14:59 marker are those mincing the whale-bone indigenous people or immigrants? I'm asking particularly about the man doing the cutting.
Definitely West Coast indigenous people. You can tell by the clothing and facial features. Fascinating film.
What a fascinating film! How come this part of history never made to text book at school?
Because it’s not politically correct.
Because humans don't like to watch how their foods, energy, etc., get to market. Very squeamish for such violent human animals as we are.
How much human can fall low on morality ....even giant whale couldn't be spare out of his greed
Thumbs up for this lovely, romantic video!🐳💖
About the commercial killing of whales
Don’t glorify it
Jolly good show lads. Topping.
LA FEROCIDAD DE LA PEOR PLAGA,EL HUMANO,HEMOS ACABADO,CON NUESTRO UNICO LUGAR DE VIDA,CONOCIDO
very quiet video
An industry of cruelty and destruction. Extremely romantic indeed.
I support Whaling, just as much as you love your life.
You’re an idiot too. Mankind will pay for our ignorance and wiping out these creatures. We’re next!! The oceans are dying this planet is too so whatcha gonna do when you have no clean air or water to drink etc?
Their was nothing romantic about it ... it was pure slaughter.
GENOCIDE worse than hitler
It was work. Work is not romantic. Survival is not romantic. Deal with it.
When I get to Heaven I’m going to harpoon a whale !
What a bunch of ignorant bastards we were, and sadly in some places still are.......
I think I’d put in the proper context it makes perfect sense. Just be glad it doesn’t anymore.
ASS WHOLES
Speak for yourself, Budroe…
And what a sanctimonious, ignorant bastard you are, OP...
Yeah, that’s why we keep reading idiotic comments from people like you that have no concept of how people live.
Good job guys no room in the sea for that kind of killer fish
The brutal painful slow killing of the whale isn’t game. It’s cruel
Bullfighting isn’t romantic nor is this
@15:13 The flesh and blubber (is) refined...... [are]
Made me sick to watch.
People had no respect for animals at that time!
They still don’t
It is impossible to equate how good we have it now to how hard it was to survive then...it just don't work you watching this on a phone or computer in heated/air con environments with hopefully better food, shelter, Healthcare, and work life then these poor souls killing to live
@@petergriss6131 EXACTLY
They weren't doing it for fun....
@T I understand that these whalers had to make a living. That's obvious. But even back then, the technology had to exist to be able to obliterate whales in a relatively humane way. It's kind of inhumane to torture something for several hours just to turn its body into perfume and soap, methinks. Especially when the roots of the technology required to decimate whales "humanely" existed by the 1920s. A/C was actually invented in the mid-1930s, and anti-tank rifles existed by the 1940s. A well-placed shot with one of those rifles could have put a whale out of its misery quickly. Hell, even a well-placed shot with a bomb lance whale harpoon, which is designed to explode and kill the whale, could theoretically do that. Those were in widespread use by the 1920s. Perhaps changing the regulations to only allow head shots with harpoons would have greatly reduced the cruelty and allowed greater profits for ship crews and owners. Time spent fighting wounded whales is time that can be spent hunting and murdering other living, breathing, and suffering whales/beings.
Cool, now who cares. Looks pretty Effing lame to me.
Time to start whaling again. Good food.