This short subject was produced by MGM to promote their big picture of the year, multiple-Oscar-winner MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. Carey Wilson was credited as a writer on that movie, and he wrote and narrated this short.
What happened to the mutineers and their women? Twenty-seven of them made it to Pitcairn Island; they were not discovered for decades, by which time only one of the mutineers was still alive.
At the time this short was made, about fifty families lived on the island. Their numbers included one guy who came to the island and stayed.
There are a couple of errors here. The wreckage of the Bounty is shown, although it was not discovered until well after this movie, and much is made of the inbreeding. But it's an interesting little portrait of an isolated society.
What happened to the mutineers and their women? Twenty-seven of them made it to Pitcairn Island; they were not discovered for decades, by which time only one of the mutineers was still alive.
At the time this short was made, about fifty families lived on the island. Their numbers included one guy who came to the island and stayed.
There are a couple of errors here. The wreckage of the Bounty is shown, although it was not discovered until well after this movie, and much is made of the inbreeding. But it's an interesting little portrait of an isolated society.