i like you really go out and track information down. not the shock type campaigns you see like OMG SHARK!!!! IT MUST DIE. been a subscriber since Animal Bytes channel.
Saw the original movie at the theaters. My interest in sharks began when my grandma sent me the Nation Geographic on Sharks: Wolves of the Sea back in 1968.
Still makes me sad but as a young shark fan on the 70's it was the only footage you could find. But it was all like that back then wasn't it pretty much.
50+ years of hindsight and I still love BWWD. The whale footage was shocking even back then, Earth Day was only 2 years old at the time. And whaling was going to occur with or without a film crew. And affter 45 years of diving I still love sharks, largely due to BWWD.
Think you're a bit harsh on the film crew. The whaling ships were going out killing whales regardless. They weren't killing them FOR the documentary. The documentary crew merely accompanied the fleet, as they were told great white sharks came to feast on the whale carcasses. Turned out it was a miscommunication and it was oceanic whitetips instead. The whaling ships wouldn't have NOT killed those whales if the documentary crew wasn't there. Stan Waterman and Ron and Valerie Taylor seem genuinely disturbed by the scenes, but staying away would have achieved nothing, and their film has captured for posterity how bad whaling was. No point hiding the unpleasant. Can't learn from it if we do.
I think it's a bit unfair to study history from the advantage and privilege of hindsight. I watched Blue Water and Savage Shadows fairly vlose to the time and the people involved were far , FAR more sympathetic and on the side if the sharks than 99.99% of the public. I've often recommended them to people because they did more for sharks than pretty much anyone or anything else of the time. The average thought of the day was that sharks were a menace and should be culled. But yes, watching them harpoon the whale and then inflate it with nitrogen was extrenely disturbing even back then.
It’s always unfair to study history from this advantage. These films were still great and I don’t have the goal of diminishing them. I just want people to think and this is an opportunity to reflect.
Wow, this gave me a lot to think about. I still love those films, but wow!
i like you really go out and track information down. not the shock type campaigns you see like OMG SHARK!!!! IT MUST DIE. been a subscriber since Animal Bytes channel.
Glad you're still here. Too bad the Shark Bytes thing didn't work out.
@@WhitesharkvideoThere is a channel called Shark Bytes. He’s a shark scientist.
Saw the original movie at the theaters. My interest in sharks began when my grandma sent me the Nation Geographic on Sharks: Wolves of the Sea back in 1968.
Thank you for the fresh takes! Speciesism helps us to all be blind in various ways.
Still makes me sad but as a young shark fan on the 70's it was the only footage you could find. But it was all like that back then wasn't it pretty much.
I cried at the end of Jaws so yeah was always distressed at the scenes in that movie.
Cried????
@@reneesantiago6496 I was 4 years old lol
Very insightful
50+ years of hindsight and I still love BWWD. The whale footage was shocking even back then, Earth Day was only 2 years old at the time. And whaling was going to occur with or without a film crew. And affter 45 years of diving I still love sharks, largely due to BWWD.
And the whales weren't killed for the documentary. The whaling fleet was out there regardless. They just accompanied it.
I stood in line to see BWWD. Then bought the movie. Hadn't watched it for awhile the whaling took me by surprise. Don't rank on Valerie. ❤
Hey Angry Ol Hoops... how ya doinhg.
Think you're a bit harsh on the film crew. The whaling ships were going out killing whales regardless. They weren't killing them FOR the documentary. The documentary crew merely accompanied the fleet, as they were told great white sharks came to feast on the whale carcasses. Turned out it was a miscommunication and it was oceanic whitetips instead. The whaling ships wouldn't have NOT killed those whales if the documentary crew wasn't there.
Stan Waterman and Ron and Valerie Taylor seem genuinely disturbed by the scenes, but staying away would have achieved nothing, and their film has captured for posterity how bad whaling was. No point hiding the unpleasant. Can't learn from it if we do.
I think it's a bit unfair to study history from the advantage and privilege of hindsight.
I watched Blue Water and Savage Shadows fairly vlose to the time and the people involved were far , FAR more sympathetic and on the side if the sharks than 99.99% of the public.
I've often recommended them to people because they did more for sharks than pretty much anyone or anything else of the time.
The average thought of the day was that sharks were a menace and should be culled.
But yes, watching them harpoon the whale and then inflate it with nitrogen was extrenely disturbing even back then.
It’s always unfair to study history from this advantage. These films were still great and I don’t have the goal of diminishing them. I just want people to think and this is an opportunity to reflect.
I first saw this film in America in the 70s.