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Offline DC

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Old Survival film
« on: October 13, 2015, 07:43:00 pm »
I stumbled onto this. Times have changed.
http://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2013/08/22/survival-in-the-bush-1954/

Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Old Survival film
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2015, 10:05:25 am »
Enjoyed the film, it wasn't that much different than the current "reality" survival shows where things just pop up into a scene out of blue. The fire plow worked too easily, you could tell they were pulling themselves along by a rope under the water on their trip to shore, the canoe was too well made to be a survival creation, there were several other "enhancements" in the film as well.

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Re: Old Survival film
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2015, 12:12:20 pm »
It was definitely staged that's for sure.  The part that I thought stood out was the releasing of the cub. It did escape but they had planned on turning it loose. I don't think the whole bear incident would have made the final cut today.