God, how I love these old documentaries. Its so nostalgic. I become melancholic as I watch this, but it's more of a yearning for the past than being actually depressed. I believe I would love to have been on just about any of these wonderful Islands during this era. The narrator's voice truly gives this video it's old charm.
It is a mixture joy and pain watching these documentaries. I enjoy bygone films but the narrator keeps eluding to the fact that the "natives" are laid back and do not require anything much to enjoy life. No reality of a harsh life of a black islander. No true representation of the social conditions of that era.
are you suggesting that to periscopefilm (which basically "only" preserves old films and publishes them) or to the narrator/producers (who died long ago)?
@@HuntsChris true ...but Britain pretends it's fair and always behaved correctly there is a large collective amnesia about the past...ww1 and ww2 is about it...the chinese haven't forgotten how we treated them in the opium wars..and our treatment of the kenyans was disgusting
there was cruelty from every side. the difference is that the western world had means to record and preserve their actions. other peoples didn't, thus you can only have plenty of the records of cruelty from one side.
@@Plumduff3303 why do you care about the Chinese, look at their treatment of African migrants, you talk about Amnesia you ain't seen or learnt nothing yet.
God, how I love these old documentaries. Its so nostalgic. I become melancholic as I watch this, but it's more of a yearning for the past than being actually depressed. I believe I would love to have been on just about any of these wonderful Islands during this era. The narrator's voice truly gives this video it's old charm.
A valuable slice of history.
It is a mixture joy and pain watching these documentaries. I enjoy bygone films but the narrator keeps eluding to the fact that the "natives" are laid back and do not require anything much to enjoy life. No reality of a harsh life of a black islander. No true representation of the social conditions of that era.
What about mentioning how the French and British manipulation and the theft of our Caribbean treasures, helped to make them rich.
Totally agree
are you suggesting that to periscopefilm (which basically "only" preserves old films and publishes them) or to the narrator/producers (who died long ago)?
No mention of the cruelty of the British
Or of the French or the Spanish....
@@HuntsChris true ...but Britain pretends it's fair and always behaved correctly there is a large collective amnesia about the past...ww1 and ww2 is about it...the chinese haven't forgotten how we treated them in the opium wars..and our treatment of the kenyans was disgusting
because it's not right can you cite examples where this amnesia is evident?
there was cruelty from every side. the difference is that the western world had means to record and preserve their actions. other peoples didn't, thus you can only have plenty of the records of cruelty from one side.
@@Plumduff3303 why do you care about the Chinese, look at their treatment of African migrants, you talk about Amnesia you ain't seen or learnt nothing yet.
You have duplicated this film. However, this version is damaged. I suggest removing this one!