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The Alaskan Eskimo (1953)

The Alaskan Eskimo poster
Directed by
James Algar
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
27 min
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Disney short documentary shows the traditional life of Alaskan Eskimos. It covers their daily activities and customs. The film was the first in a series about different peoples around the world.

educationalobservationalrespectfulinformativematter-of-factcultural

What happens

The Alaskan Eskimo is a 1953 American short documentary film produced by Walt Disney. It was the initial film in Disney's People & Places series. In 1954, it won an Oscar for Documentary Short Subject at the 26th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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