Sunny Iceland 1950s

[Halldor1994]

9:02 Hah! "voluntarily joined with Norway." Yeah, being threatened with conquest if we didn't take up christianity is voluntarily joining with Norway.

[HondosPlace]

Beautiful. That is EXACTLY the Iceland that I remember from the 1950's.

What great memories. 

[Chuck88keys]

@HondosPlace Hey i was there USAF 1957-1958 1971st AACS Squadron Radio-operator

[in10forever]

Actually, Iceland was named ''Iceland'' Because back when the Norwegians FOUND Iceland it was covered in 99% snow.

[jonasjonas833]

exilen.eu was here

[pisseelaak]

flashback was here

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

I enjoyed this video very much but my father enjoyed it even more, him being born in the 50's so i had to show him this video.

[chanctonbury63]

The first people to arrive were Vikings and monks from Ireland. They used up the timber over the centuries to build houses and heat and cook gradually the timber disappeared. Thats my take on it. Maybe Ill get my ass kicked by an Icelander here so lets wait and see....I argue against the ash idea on the basis that Iceland emerged from the sea as a volcano and it remains one, so there was never `something else` for the trees to grow on. Thats what makes it so geologically special.

[chanctonbury63]

Yes I have. I reckon I have been to Iceland around 20 times in all seasons. My comment was meant as humour only because the weather can get pretty wild. The first time I was there (in Akranes) you couldnt stand up it was blowing so hard!

[galli109]

they shot my my country very well, its changed alot since the 50´s

[MrEurocat]

Why did the Forests die?

[chanctonbury63]

@MrEurocat The timber was cut down.

[MrEurocat]

@chanctonbury63 Ive just listened to the commentary. I think the clue is that very little can grow on the lava & once plants are covered in fine ash they die. I believe this to be the reason the forests died rather than being cut down

[chanctonbury63]

Last time they had a sunny day in Iceland was 1950`s!

[eidure1]

@chanctonbury63 Have you never been to Iceland in the summer time? It's sunny 24 hours of the day.

[MrEurocat]

@eidure1 Not so! To have 24 hour sun you need to be above the Arctic Circle - no part of Iceland is above the Circle. There is probably 24 hour daylight, but thats not the same as 24 hour sun.

[eidure1]

@MrEurocat I was not talking about burning sunlight right above your head for 24 hours. It is bright out side the whole night in summer time tough. It can be very annoying when you are trying to go to sleep. If you look at a map you can see that Iceland is right on the boarder of the circle.

[MrEurocat]

@eidure1 I know the geography of Iceland - what you should say is - in summer it is light for 24 hours. You cant say sunny - its means the sun is shining.

[eidure1]

@MrEurocat I know what I should have said and I got your point. You obviously took that sentence to literally. I'm Icelandic so my native tounge is not english and is there for not perfect. I would like to hear you string a fkn sentence to gather in icelandic. haha!

[MrEurocat]

@eidure1 If you cant get it right, then dont bother.

[doddsalfa]

@MrEurocat there is 24 hour sun in Grimsey.

[MrEurocat]

@doddsalfa Yes - thats true

[Chuck88keys]

@chanctonbury63 Yup I was there then, summers were quite nice, not hot at all, plenty sunny summer days

[Dekrapitator666]

This is really cool, thanks for posting.

[JesusSatanAllah]

Beautiful, terrific video

[DukeAlba]

Excellent film. It is so interesting to learn about Iceland. I would like to visit one day and be able to see it for myself...

[miii]

wow

super!

takk

[heimisson]

Thank you for this video, thank you very much. Was very fun and educational to see this gem.

[SupeerSteebbi]

I live in Iceland and the weather is great! Really hot!

[allengoodman69]

Awesome archives !

[sverrg]

This is a fantastic documentary, as an icelandic, thank you for posting this.

[vibesandstuff]

wonderful video. do you happen to know what kind of camera and film were used to make this?

[Allrahanda]

The American filmmaker, Hal Linker, actually married the young miss at 07:07 and became a very well known promoter of all things Icelandic, e.g. with his movie camera.