Underplayed Gems

Spredte Træk fra Livet paa Grønland (1938)

Spredte Træk fra Livet paa Grønland poster
Country
Denmark
Runtime
13 min
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How it feels

This 1938 Danish documentary compiles silent footage of life in Greenland. It shows daily activities like gathering kvas, burning trash, and older women smoking pipes. Younger women chew eider duck skins to soften them, a man builds a kayak, and children learn kayaking. Adults demonstrate advanced kayaking, there is a vote in southern Greenland with women in festive dress, and people dance polka to an accordion. A small boy holds a puppy. In Julianehåb, a modern well-off family has dinner with piano music, and people knit and read by lamplight. Some footage comes from Jette Bang's film Inuit.

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What happens

Spredte Træk fra Livet paa Grønland er klippet sammen af danske dokumentariske stumfilmsoptagelser fra 1938. Kvas bæres hjem, affald brændes og gamle koner ryger shagpibe. Yngre kvinder bearbejder et edderfugleskind ved at tygge det. En mand er i færd med at bygge en kajak. Grønlandske børn lærer at sejle kajak som helt små. Øvede kajakroerer viser deres kunnen. Afstemning i Sydgrønland med kvinder i festdragt. Der spilles op til dans på harmonika, der danses polka. En lille dreng med en hundehvalp i armene. Julianehåb: middag i et moderne, velstående hjem med klaver. Der strikkes og læses under tranlampens skær. Nogle af optagelserne er fra Jette Bangs film Inuit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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