A look at the South Seas Island near Tahiti inhabited by relatives of the crew of mutineers from the schooner "The Bounty." Released to arouse interest in the forthcoming feature Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
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If you have ten minutes to kill and love weird historical footnotes, Pitcairn Island Today is worth a look. It’s basically a 1935 commercial masquerading as a documentary. 🗺️But if you hate dry, scratchy black-and-white footage of awkward people staring at a camera, you should probably skip it. This was literally made...
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"If you have ten minutes to kill and love weird historical footnotes, Pitcairn Island Today is worth a look. It’s basically a 1935 commercial masquerading as a documentary. 🗺️But if you hate dry, scratchy black-and-white footage of awkward people staring at a camera, you should probably skip it. This was literally made just to hype up the big MGM movie coming out later that year.The Weird Vibe of Real-Life HistoryThe whole point of this short is to show the actual descendants of the crew from "T..."
