Men of the Forest (1952) | African-American Logging Family in Georgia
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- An African-American family in Georgia works to save money for a power saw. Includes depictions of timber harvest techniques and process. Film made in 1952 by the United States Information Service and intended for foreign audiences. From the US National Archives.
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Believe it or not I grew up in the1970s this way. We lived on a farm in Mississippi. Every summer we had a big garden, chickens, pigs, turkeys and ducks on the yard. Also a pond where we caught craw dad's and rivers where we caught big giant catfish and other fish. We had a fireplace and a big yard full of firewood my dad and brothers cut. My dad worked 6 days a week and my beautiful stepmom was a stay at home mom who got up at 6:30 every morning and made homemade biscuit's (no pancakes) with rice bacon sandwich eggs for breakfast. She washed clothes on ringer washer every other day, sewed every day and we always came home from school to a hot meal ready to eat every day. She made all our bed covers spreads and blankets. There was13 of us and the house was spotless.We never had a rat or roach . My dad was the same way she packed his lunch and water jug and Mason jar of tea every day. He went to work everyday and on the weekends made sure the grass was cut cars were worked on oil was changed and tuned up. We never had broken or busted anything if we did he and my brothers fixed it. Although he cut the big lots with a chain saw he still chopped logs or split them with an ax or used the one or two hand saw with my brothers. Funny how I just thought he liked wearing overalls. :) He hunted rabbits squirrel and pigeon. No possems or racoons or any thing like that)and sat fishing lines in the Tallahatchie river. At the onset of winter he would slaughter a pig and salt the ham hang in my the smoke house. slice the bacon and grind the sausage.Start a fire under the big black pot in the yard for my mom and she would make crackling or rather late for cooking. And lots of lard came from the cracklings. And of course she cleaned the chittlings. I had fun living on the farm we had peach trees, plum trees, peacan and walnut trees black berries persimoms and a host of other fruits growing most of you have probably never heard of growing on our farm. We had adventurous minds as children made our own cars and even play houses, lots of rolling hills and plenty green grass and a horse that was never used for labor only fun to ride
WOW!!! Good Living Indeed.....
You should write a book.😏 I enjoyed reading that.
I enjoyed reading this as well 🙂
🖤🖤🖤🖤 how i wish i could have lived like that fully. I caught the tail end of it im a 80s baby and the little bit i experienced i truly do miss.
I was thinking the same thing ...this needs to be a book.
A strong black family is priceless.
So true! And in spite of what white media would have you believe, is STILL very prevalent and strong.
Amen & Amen to that.😄
And a black father that sticks around is rare
black bitches fucked that up
@@sassycappie4926 thank you
What poor black families accomplished merely loving and helping each other is heartwarming. Although his neighbors had advanced in their production, there was no indication in the film of envy, or jealousy, only support, cooperation, encouragement, thankfulness. The old folks have always said working hard, perseverance, and kindness triumps over insummountable odds. Thank you for posting, a film about Black folks not exhibiting lives of wierdness, and violence but accomplishing hopeful expectations.
Right on , but it seems inmost places today those values went the way of the DoDo, now it's headboppin , rapcrap , torch a neighbourhood and loot , in the name of only some lives matter. News alert , All Lives Matter.
Excellent film about a strong African-American family working together as a team to make their daily work life easier by getting a power saw to save time working. They saved their small change and put it together to buy something that benefit the entire family. Every family should watch this film to see what they can achieve together as a family if they stick together and be a family.
Absolutely. Stop the I am privileged. I was raised this way. My Dad said nobody can help you like you can YOURSELF!!
And look at the inner city blacks today.
@@ashleyvalentine2790 I was also raised this way, im white.
👍I love how the family philosophy was that the money belonged to all of them so they all had a say in how the money was saved and spent. 💞
Loving Atlanta- Well said and insightful of you to recognize that value👍👌
Point here is they shared the hard work which earned the the right to have a say
In Indianapolis a young black male...killed 5 family members because he wanted his part of the stimulus package. The youngest family member killed was seven. Thats today's family values in the city. Disgusting.
@@williamhelm6632 - 👍💝
@@tombob671 - True 💝
This is one of the best videos I have ever watched. I got teary when they got the saw and then again when Mama got her sewing machine, when she clapped her hands with joy.
Can we please buy Mother Hunter a sewing machine.
This is exactly how I want to live. With a beautiful hard working family
Amen Dee
I’m not sure. I often wonder what would have happened to me during slavery, because even courtesans worked relatively harder then now-a-days.
I agree. Though I was not yet born, looking at this group of men, they WERE hard workers and with a strong work ethic. Proud to see families like this working together.
Me too my dear. You will find that family in a church. Good luck
Or you save yourself for a woman with similar values.
Actually the best movie I've ever seen on many levels, We all need to get back to this mentally today in 2019-2020 & beyond.
Absolutely
What's stopping you?
I agree
Now that’s real living real richness living good good pure food no cell phones family connecting no social media poison love it,I’ll give it all up for this warm simplicity ...lots of love
I wish family's of today were more like that now.
@veronica mills then why your ass on here
while the trees last - the forest gets used up fast, like a brothel
@@stephenhensley5631 ignore these negative comments. It's been my observation that we're living in a generation of advanced technology in communication, yet people still don't know how to communicate nicely or appreciate the days and hard work of yesteryear.
@1:03:42....she took out her cell phone.😄
Thank you so much for posting this educational piece.
Whenever I get tempted by low interest rates on something I can't afford, my wife has me rewatch this. I will continue to save up for things instead of financing them. The point is to make money on my tools, not to pay for them. This film is timeless.
Aah, the days when hard work and honest living were justly rewarded
Wow! Nice white people.
this is great info.for the young people to love. themselves about being black
@@chesterhicks9350 Amen to that.
👍I love how the whole family was committed to saving and I love how they all got dressed up and went in town together to shop etc. 😃
The little boy is my neighbor who is not my grandpa but I call him papa his name Is Jim hunter, great man
Lol I hate when I go to Walmart and people are shopping with three generations of their family in tow 😂.
@@morganmaloney3935 you're so lucky to have such an amazing person as a neighbor. Please tell us what happened to his dad, mom and bro....what's their story?
Absolutely loved this movie..
Hard working family! If we in society today only worked HALF this hard and had HALF the discipline and determination they had!
What a great inspiring film! If more people would wait and save like this determined family did for what they wanted, people would appreciate what they have.
Amen to that!
People of non American descent refuse to believe that the infrastructure of the USA was built by Black Americans, Our infrastructure, buildings was not dependent on a person forcing themselves in a Country. This was accomplished by people who were paid No Wages. However, they know their worth in American History. And no one Will ever take that away from them. God Bless Black People who give and gave with their toil, labor and talents. Black folk is a large part of American History🇺🇸,
AMERICA IS GREATED BECAUSE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.... FREE FORCED LABOR BUILT THIS COUNTRY BY BLACKS....
@Valerie Blount
Certain U are relishing the recent release of the 1619 Project 400 Year Anniversary of Slavery in USA and It's impact on Every Aspect of Wealth ,Development ,Power .
PBS News Hour expose with
NICOLE-JONES is unforgettable....utube
CBS online etc.Impacting
They know they just tefuse to believe
@@ refuse to acknowledge or Admit IT!!
Destroys the myths ,justification & the DEBTS moral spiritual legal financial /myth of Superiority! The Thirst IS Real more unquenchable Now That many are loosing their minds Self destucting it's sad & not
Because has nothing to do with majority of those Alive today. Abraham was told by God upon arriving in his New Land Canaan that his people would inthe future be overrun
Held in captivity /Enslaved for 400 years. Irony we Via Time Magazine are Honoring
Thru info facts research the August 2019 The Presentation of the 1619 Project!! Marking 400 Year Anniversary of The 20 Afican Slaves Ariiving in Virginia as The Beginning of Slavery in
US as An Institution ,The Role Slaves Slavery 400 yrs of FREE Labor shaped Made possible For this Country to
Become the Wealthiest Most a Powerfull Nation half a Millinea. Founder of 10yr project Nicole Jones of NY Times catch her interview on PBS news hour week ago.breaks 400 yrs an Entire world Economy Emergence of Sustsaing world of
Capitalism via USA impact on Black People/ Working Class Citizens now according
To Socio Econmics multi race
Inclusive. How it still shaping Moral Civil Economic Business Financial Political Legal Social Economic Policy Particularly Anti Blacks & Even Rolling Backwards in recent times.
Lovers Haterd Alike should Read or Listen to the Findings (historical to current
Information) will find it Intriguing. We are a part of living History . Amazing !!!
What will future mankind think of US 2-3, 000 years from Now. With the destruction of Books & written history
VALERIE BLOUNT amen
I like this channel because even BET do not show this much positive classic films
Great movie and values. Wish families today could learn to work together like this today.
They turned $60 a day into $180 a day. That's about $46000 a year. Damn good money in 1952.
I’m from Mississippi and we had a saying: never pick a fight with a puckwood worker, my grandpa was one and one thing they had in common they had arms the size of Popeyes 😂
Best movie I've seen in Years! All working for a common good. FAMILY!!
This is the best! How my family lived. The town in the video is Guyton and the paper mill is Weyerhaeuser in Port Wentworth. They where still taken "short wood" at Gilman in St.Marys till 2002.
Love my people.....This is our greatness portrayed in this video.
Why aren't MY people included in this film?
@@robertwalker5521 If don’t have the same ethnicity as the people in the vids,
it’s not about..👌🏾
This was probably one of the best things I've ever seen. It was compelling to the end.
The ending words are something we should all be carrying with us as goals.
My grandfather was pink Lindsey he had a logging company in Kansas an Arkansas he died at 105 1995
God bless
Happy for you ,that he was here on this earth for such a long time , what a blessing.
I moved to the city in the 1980s and I've told people for years that they haven't lived until they lived on a farm or in a family with love and respect for one another. I believe our work brought us together. I didn't always appreciate the hard work but me and my brother we had The Adventurous time of our lives there is no place I'd rather be than on a farm. I had a good childhood at least up to and until the time I move to City. In the city the quality of life was poor people didn't care for each other the way you saw in that film that's the way people took care of each other and Mississippi everyone was just like that. You felt loved and respected. You didn't go past someone's house and not wave at them, if they have funeral you took food to their homes, if they have fire you helped out or anything but most people were too independent to ask or to beg for anything. And we did everything for ourselves but was there for each other black and white people, just like in this clip. So don't think this is an exaggeration. Everyone respected my dad. Oh closes neighbors were middle class white people. We didn't hang out after work with white folks but we all just like in the clip looked out and had a mutual respect for one another.
This was such a joy to watch. a feel good movie.
I loved watching that film. So many lessons to be learned from it.
This was really educational.What a hard working family!👍❤
Bravo! SOOOOO Beautiful & Heartfelt, Showing Family Love, in Action! More like these please & Thanks A Million! 💪😄💖👑
I grew up with people like this, we had a purpose, we had good neighbors.
Hardwork, at night you slept well, the garden, dirty fingernails.
These were good wholesome times,
Men were men and knew their role, also the women, God I wish we could turn back time.
I'd rather live this way in the forest today than live in any city in the world, of course with some modern conveniences, but in Nature far away from city life!
Gantry Smith
Exactly!!!😁👏🏼
I feel the same way.
I live it everyday and it’s definitely a luxury
Yeah. Live in wild but get that machine. I love how they started with the saw and axe and worked their way up. The heritage of slavery was next in my auto play did u watch that too? A very striking contrast for me it was.
@@stresswun1 not yet but I will.
Wow. Work hard for what you want. Save the money and THEN buy it. People have forgotten
I watched this years ago and it got me to where if I bought anything new or anything I did not have use for that I had I would give it away to someone. People always have too much stuff around that they are not using that someone else could really use. You just don't know how that helps people.
We recently sold a lot unwanted things. Brought in about $500! Great thing to do
Living in Nature the Forest, you can't help but act like you got common sense and figure out how to live.
SekhermAsaru - Well said!!👌👍
When you know that a stupid error could result in a harder job, more lifting and toting, then you think wisely how to do the job quickly, safely and without "killing yerself"!
What an inspiration for families! Alot to said about the film!
If I was Mrs Hunter I'd be lobbing for a washing machine (already got the Philco fridge). That would reduce washing from a likely 3 days a week down to one (eliminate the scrub board).
I know a family in my area who's oldest son bought his mother a wringer/washer with his first paycheck. They had 12 children then and eventually had 16. That woman did laundry on a scrub board 6 days a week! That was reduced to one. Talk about being liberated! This was about 1940, and it wasn't in Georgia, it was Eastern Ontario (good Catholics with a huge family, poor as church mice, but the next generation was very successful, building and renovating houses).
*The Hunter* family 'bout to go out there and knock out some of that Georgia pine!
The movie was shot in Effingham County in 1952 by the United States Information Agency. The 1952 film featured members of the Hunter and Reese families of the Guyton area...
The original black and white film focused on the work ethics and value system that existed with Kent’s great-grandfathers, Lewis Hunter and Terling Reese. The new film includes excerpts from the original along with on-camera interviews with surviving film participant James Hunter. He was 12 years old at the time of filming and is now 78.
The original film, "Men of the Forest," can be seen on UA-cam.
The original participants in the film had never seen it until it was "rediscovered" last year by a family member. The film captured the families working in the pulpwood industry, supplying wood to Union Camp in Savannah.
Remington Kent's parents, David and Eleanor Kent, proved to be a lot of help in getting this film made. They provided historical and anecdotal information about their great grandfathers.
I love old educational films.
WOW! I love this channel shows awesome black history and content.
I love the information your putting on UA-cam so I signed up today. Great job!
We have FALLEN manipulated by LIES. This was excellent
So right brotha...😔🙏
You proudly speak truth✨🎶💫🔥 truth.. there has been over a million -trillion devious lies...falsehoods and misrepresentation on purpose....
The so called power structure and their assorted rage a muffins.. made sport of our misery for hundreds of years..,🧐😣.. and yet as Beloved Dr Angelou said ‘ And still I rise’💫
We are truly an amazing spiritually acute brilliant group!! Set behind jealous cruel enemy lines..’..
But their unbelievably wicked time is done...
Ashe’O
Peace fam🎶🌹🔥
Stay up♦️
Family values and unity towards a positive goal. Attainment of goal further striving and thriving in peaceful harmony. How can I get back to 1952? please someone, anyone know? Meanwhile Thanks
Man them were the days life was so simple. Hard work family sitting at the dinner table.all eating together going to church together. Man I miss them days. But these are alright also.great family movie.keep them coming.
James better not complain about his chores getting water
I had to carry water 2 miles to my home,it hated that chore, and I hated washing clothes on the washboard that was back breaking, then cook and clean the house....SMH
Glad those days have passed.😬
This Channel is awesome. Thanks for all the great history you share.
Just goes to show how working together for one common goal can change not only your life but the lives of everybody close to you.
The true definition of a family working together toward a goal back in the days when kids were taught values hard work sadly lacking today
I loved this movie; It reminded me of when I was a young school kid and they would sometimes show inspirational movies like this one!...
I love these old filmstrips, full of good memories and especially good morals and family values!
Very meaningful.
Lovely story.
Jo Jo in VT
Kids today don’t know nothing about hard work!
I totally agree. Parents are too busy spoiling their kids, so how could the kids possibly be expected to have any sort of work ethic?
Lisa Gamble
I feel for kids that think they are skating out. I have always held an awe for young people that is willing to work hard. Even though they can subliminally use the excuse that they are too young. I use to be inspired as a young child to see these kids my age, work that hard. I took a look at myself. Young people need to watch more of these types of films instead of N🧐🙂🚩😄Fl🔥x.
My kids do !
The beauty of their talents and strength of working and saving money on what you need, not want. After the fire, they were still optomistic about working harder to get what the family decided together. Simply Beautiful.
A wonderful moving movie on the African American Family - all struggling to make ends meet with the whole members of the family working together and bonding - People must remember that ALL HUMAN BEINGS needs are the same, to have work, to be loved and be treated with respect and pursue their goals with dreams of happiness without fear and prejudice from their fellow beings.
Thank you - Norzin Y. Shakabpa
. . . . . . Is there any way to go back to the good old days? I'm missing those days so very much. Reelblack One, blessings!🙏💪🧡
As you can see.African American men were laborers,worked in fields and were family men.I never understood why we were hated.I know we wasn’t the only race to be hated on.Indians,Jews,Filipino,and the list goes on.It just hurts me knowing so many people were victims of racism.Burned,lynched,brutally torchered.When will it all end .God help us.
When you go to war that's when it ends...
sadly,
you are right... you WERE
Lajoy Braxton I question the storybtoldbto us about the Jews because they have alll the wealth and control it’s pretty hard to believe the holocaust story,.
Lajoy Braxton And African American women/ society didn’t need feminism
@Micheal Williamson if I could I would give you more than 1 thumbs down! REALLY!
Thanks for loading the great historical data and movie. When I visited my grandpas & cousins in East Texas. The wood was called "Puck." Wood. I loved the smell of it & would love when my family would drive past the trucks. Thanks for the experience & education. God bless
I wish I can go back in time. Life was simple, full of love and family support. Thanks for sharing!
I grew up like this, I have many things now, but I realize I had a lot then and didn't know until late In life. Fresh grown food every day, well water that was cold from the ground, which was the best well we thought. I would love to take a walk in the woods picking black berries, wild plums which was so sweet, and sweet wild strawberries, and Black Wild muscadines, these properties were share cropped by the owners, but we could go on many others properties hunting, or picking fruits or vegetables no one told us to get off! Great memories in a subjugated south in American history in Georgia, yes I drank out black fountains, got out of line for white folk "Yalsum" and "nal sar" was polite. That was then, this is now yes ma'am and no sir haha.
You are right. Mother Nature was good back then. You could easily find black berries, and plum's, even on the side of the roads. Now days you can rarely find them anywhere.
Hello, you didn't see such signs in this video because it wasn't filmed in Georgia, USA but in Georgia of Europe. Thats why they were land owners and not share croppers.
You are right, im watching this and I feel that the family had a lot, people today may thinks its nothing. I was born in 1980 in GA so things in my time have been quite different. But watching this I know the family in this video was blessed to have the food, a truck, a well to get fresh water, family and etc.
same thing i used to live by my grand paren on st eustatia, back in the mid sixties, we had an generator for corrent n a well with rain water , did not rely on governament support, we had a shop. n few chickens , bake our own bread, order good from the us for the store , really good independant life,
Your life sounds so much like mine growing up in a small Georgia town.Those were the best day's of my life looking back.
I love it, working together as a family and sacrificing to achieve a better life❤️
This video did not need any words. The Music would do. This a nice wholesome American History excerpt. People not of the Homeland might not understand. However, a American born and bred in the USA would enjoy this unadulterated piece of history. You want get this in the news and the computer age media😞
Thanks for sharing a heart-warming story of a strong black family unit, neighborly love, honest work ethic. This certainly helps to build a sense of self-worth and strong character in black children, especially when mother, father and children work together in an atmosphere of love and respect! This story was so educational and uplifting..... we need to pass it on!
That's a good black man. Gave me hope💜
The teenage brother looks like Joe Louis
Lol .yeah he did...
...I don’t mean this as a joke, but moms kinda looked like Archie Moore.
He does! Gorgeous, isn't he?
@@judeflowers2813 Yeah he's a good looking dude
Documentaries of this bygone era convey maturity and understanding. They seem more grown-up than today's hyped-up videos, teaching and entertainment.
@@normandparent7160 Thank you for your kind thought.
@@normandparent7160 Great channel, nice viewers. What's not to like? Cheers.
This really is nice to see. 😊
THEY INCREASED THEIR LABOR WHICH IS TRICKY. I DID THAT LONG AGO, WORKED TWO JOBS AS A DANCER, NINE HOURS A NIGHT. AFTER A YEAR I COLLAPSED FROM EXHAUSTION, COULD NOT WORK FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. I HAD NO BACKUP AS I SUPPORTED MYSELF. IT WAS ROUGH. I HAD TO MOVE OUT OF MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE RENTED HOUSE INTO A CHEAP APT. I LEARNED NEVER LIVE AT OR ABOVE YOUR MEANS, ALWAYS BELOW, & DID THAT EVER SINCE. THAT WAS WHEN I WAS 21 YRS. OLD. I NEVER WENT INTO DEBT SINCE.
This is gold! Thank you!
Wow! 5 words.
In sper ra tion al! There is nothing you can't do if there is a genuine strong family bond coupled with mutual respect for each other.
So moving!
Thank you.
I wish I could live this life once again
We so need this unity and hard work ethics in families today. Young boys today know nothing other than wearing sagging pants, skinny legs, with no "know hows" to do anything (looking feminine).
Girls trying to b the sexiest with weaves down to their a--, super tight clothing, acting ghetto.
Grown ups, we need to get it together, and teach our youngsters. They are falling by the wayside!!!!
Good movie!
Family values at it's finest.
that was beautiful
This post brings back some memories
My dear departed Elders in Jasper Co. Tx. did that work. Country living is the Best. Hunting for Meat, Fishing, a Large Garden, Chickens, Roosters, Horse, Cow, Cats, & Dogs. True Freedom. Depending on Self and Family to survive. Nothing wasted. Childhood Summers of going "Home" with Dad, to the Land he grew up on. Heaven on Earth!
The best I have ever seen in years!!!
The good Earth and a hard working family makes for a happy life.
I grew up in Brandon Ms and is currently living there today I remember this life all to well I can remember back then most black men had pulp wood trucks and made good money hauling pulp wood as a child growing up I loved it especially when lunch time came and quitting time 😀👆✨❤️💯🙏
I liked how they said; "the Hunters worked for themselves and not for wages."
Black Americans are hardworking people who despite hardship fought and died for this country and achieved success in the face of racism. I wish politicians wouldn't divide us. I wish the victories of Black Americans were heralded and not always the victimization which makes them look weak and ineffectual. Clearly they as a group are not. They don't need liberal politicians who pander for votes and then go away. I'm amazed that Trump has delivered the lowest Black unemployment in history yet he is not seen as a hero among that community.
Steelhorsecowboy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I so agree with you
Wholesome
Thank you for this video!
What a beautiful family, give praise to Jesus and hard honest work will prosper you and fill you with love!
Marvelous...good neighbors look out.
Even though they were no word's in this movie,it could stand up to the best.
Tears of Joy brings back yesterday my Day and us
Oh Boy do i remember those days! From start to finish..
This is one of the most beautiful things in films that I have ever seen
What an educational documentary considering the farmers and loggers were making a living in the “Jim Crow” south.
Wonderful family story!
When kids learned the real work ethic and had a dad that taught them right my how times have changed so to all you good dad's out there in these times we thank you
Back in the olden days in 1952 it was a great time to be a little girl too. Life was simple and and I was rolling up m y sleeve with all the other little girls and boys to get my vaccine. MAN UP
Before my time love the movie and the powerful messages.📽
All things ARE Possible. Aka Determination.✊🏾
Thanks for sharing Reelblack.👍🏼
Be safe Everyone 🌏😷
Once you get past the Trumpets, Violens and Piccolo's It was s Great Story
😊
Garry Watts all silenced movies sounds love it the high and low pitch dramatic sounds
We have to restore pride in the black family
My Dad and oldest Brother Hauled Pulp-Wood for many, many years when I was a kid. Daddy filed & sharpened the saws and axes and traveled all over the Ark-La-Tx to places that needed new-ground to be cleared for farmland, roads, railways, as well as commercial purposes. They lived in tents and he came home when he could. They didn't make very good money. It actually seemed like slave labor to me. It was a hard life. SUPER DANGEROUS.
Such a good story of close family helping each other...The narration is easy on the ears
This kid is so fortunate to have men in his family. None of this "valiant single mom" propaganda we get nowadays.
What a great film. It was so humbling. 👏