What was the first documentary in the world?

The first documentary in the world was Nanuk in the north.

Nanook in the North is a documentary directed by Robert Flaherty and starring Nanook and others. It was released in the United States on June 1922+0 1.

This film records the daily life of the Inuit leader Nanuk's family near Inu You Ke in Hudson Bay, Quebec, Canada, from August 1920 to August 192 1, including trading with whites, fishing, hunting walrus seals, cooking with stoves, building igloos, etc., which created the starting point of anthropological social video.

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The plot of Nanuk in the North: In the vast ice sheet, Nanuk, an Eskimo from North America, and his family had to move from one place to another by canoe or dog sled in order to survive.

Their house is made of hard ice, and walruses and seals are their main food. The harsh environment and primitive productivity make it extremely difficult for the Nanuk family to survive. They often go out hunting in extremely low temperatures.

The creative background of Nanook in the North: Robert Flaherty is a geologist. I came to the Eskimo activity area on the east coast of Hudson Bay in Canada for work and lived for 1 1 year.

From 19 10, he was ordered to explore Hudson Bay in Alaska. He took a camera with him and photographed some scenes of Eskimos' production and life on the Arctic coast, but the film was destroyed by a fire. 1920, under the sponsorship of the French fur merchant Revillon brothers, he returned to the Eskimo village again and made another film.

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