Polar Bears

[ZuZu]

Strange stuff...

 

[ZuZu]

The East Germans kept the tradition alive:

And the Americans:

 

[ZuZu]

Sorta sad in real life though...

 

[Flightengineer]

Somewhere I once read the reason for this fashion for taking photos with a costumed polar bear in Germany, something with the Berlin Zoo or with advertising soft drinks. People are generally so arranged that they like to repeat after others.

 

[Micawber]

Not as strange as cheese rolling.

 

[Blackboxr1200S]

Somewhere I once read the reason for this fashion for taking photos with a costumed polar bear in Germany, something with the Berlin Zoo or with advertising soft drinks. People are generally so arranged that they like to repeat after others.

Had no idea...

As it turns out, taking pictures with a grown man dressed as a polar bear was, in fact, a genuine craze beginning in the 1920s after the Berlin Zoo acquired two actual polar bears.

“Many families went to the zoo to see the bears — they were in fashion — and all of the children wanted photographs in front of the zoo with these guys in bear suits. It was a huge success in Berlin,” said Donat.

The polar bear costume itself, which remained largely unchanged throughout its questionable period of employment, remained present amid Germany’s sinister advance towards the Second World War.


And while this peculiar trend somehow lasted until the 1970s, photographic evidence of the bizarre fascination thankfully remains to this day.

source --> https://www.militarytimes.com/off-d...bsession-with-posing-with-polar-bear-mascots/

 

[jack31916]

Something for Five Star to replicate...

 

[Silver Surfer]

just can't bear it

 

[John Lever]

More about Polar Bears (and then some) in 'The Terror ', where an Arctic exploration vessel is trapped in sea ice in the 1800's.
Great film

 

[Silver Surfer]

good film, yes, but misses the whole point of the book, and screws around with actual events.

 

[John Lever]

The one I saw was a mini series not a film, could be different?

 

[LV426]

The one I saw was a mini series not a film, could be different?

This mini serie was outstanding , thanks to Sir R Scott to produced this . I have read the book by D Simmons before and was not desapointed at all by the adaptation that took it at an other level of ..."reality" ( if I can say so ) . By reality I mean the way they act , the dialogues , .... Idid my home work after and found some books and fresh news about the searches for the remains of he expedition and found that the book / Mini serie were quite accurate. Btw , for the ones who thinks that the serie is not accurate , the serie depicte a book that is already an interpretation of the reality , so it's not a documentary . I LOVE the story and the amùbiance. I saw an other mini serie that makes me feel feel quite the same : The North water , a must to see !

 

[LV426]

More about Polar Bears (and then some) in 'The Terror ', where an Arctic exploration vessel is trapped in sea ice in the 1800's.
Great film

In fact , the only "the terror " movies I found were horror movies , one in 1928 and the other 1963 , both weren't depicting the tragedy of the expedition , the only one is the Ridley Scott's mini serie .

 

[LV426]

Strange stuff...
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Strange "tradition" , I notice the only who act agressively are the SS , with a big smile on their faces ... creapy.

 

[John Lever]

 

[Erwin]

Strange "tradition" , I notice the only who act agressively are the SS , with a big smile on their faces ... creapy.

Leave "electrics" alone, WH soldier looks a bit happier than electric one It is a great picture how can you find this creepy, just a pure souvenir picture.

 

[LV426]

Leave "electrics" alone, WH soldier looks a bit happier than electric one It is a great picture how can you find this creepy, just a pure souvenir picture.

SS are creepy by themselves , imo . Such pictures are always very interesting in a historical point of view . The context of souvenir pic , I understand ! I just noticed the fact that in comparison the SS had knifes and posing like they were ready to stab the bear in contrary , the other pics were a bit more "peaceful" if I can say so.

 

[Cocker]

good film, yes, but misses the whole point of the book, and screws around with actual events.

The book was really great, edge-of-the seat riveting stuff.

 

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[Pilot]

SS are creepy by themselves , imo . Such pictures are always very interesting in a historical point of view . The context of souvenir pic , I understand ! I just noticed the fact that in comparison the SS had knifes and posing like they were ready to stab the bear in contrary , the other pics were a bit more "peaceful" if I can say so.

Sorry to chime in at this point… but the polar bear here is a dummy and the whole thing is a mock up… at least here… not the pic with the U-Boot crew killing a living polar bear (not nice at all by our standards) for food/proteins and survival of the crew…
A lot of french/belgium civilians may also find it very „disturbing“ to say the least when bomber crews put X-Mas greetings on their killing bombs they jettisoned onto eastern France and southern Belgium ( end of 44 early 45) … the collateral damage excuses did not help /sooth the victims feeling’s of lost Family members not at all…
Just to say…sorry… all a POV.