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to discover the. next. subscribe to documentary on you tube. alaska arctic is one of the most remote areas of the us it's also a region that has been particularly ravaged by the corona virus and all the help they need to recover is flying to the rescue. for you call it is providing vaccinations to surrounding villages and aid workers can only access the areas by plane or by snowmobile in fact alaska is currently vaccinating at a fast. the rates than any other state in the us how is this possible.

that. there aren't any doctors in ford you call but there is deborah mccarthy the health centers director she's responsible for the areas $500.00 residents we have to forgo a lot snow slopes instead of asked felder roads no pubs no restaurants no fast internet this is what normality looks like 8 miles north of the arctic circle. i think for most people actually wife i peer is pretty small.

i mean people work hard you know everybody has to get where they fit he has the ghost hunting everybody goes fishing most people have gardening it's a close knit small community i mean it's like we were really to tell most everybody it's of course now like that where you know if you're going to live if you went someplace else or in a city or even just a bigger town that is excessive all by road you know where we're sort of on an island here and everybody is very close. this is one reason why the virus has claimed 4 times as many indigenous lives in alaska compere to urban whites. deborah has a lot on her mind when she goes to the health center every morning namely how to protect people here from the virus as quickly as possible. it's been a few weeks since vaccinations opened up to everyone over the age of 16 much

earlier than in most other states same day appointments are available without waiting here so your arm might be a little bit sore. some people have more soreness than others so easy to tell people pick the arm that you don't. really need to use today says ok deborah and her team have already immunized more than half of the village concerned about high death rates the health center received the vaccine from the u.s. government and the indigenous health insurance fund now there are vaccine doses in abundance. it's amazing we have a couple 100 doses we've pretty much finished after the charter tomorrow we will be finished with the villages and then we just have to finish for u.

conn go and we didn't think we would be able to do this tell the summer you know get everybody then. deborah takes us to her home a small wooden house on the outskirts of town people here are content living without much. deborah has already seen much of the world the daughter of a white father and an indigenous mother she lived in germany for several years when her father served in the army before you call him has always been her home when the 1st covert cases broke out it was easy for deborah to shield herself from the rest of the world because she lives alone with her son but for most families quarantining is almost impossible because they live in small homes and the virus spreads rapidly. it was pretty scary for everybody it was kind of

a really big i'm known you know how bad is it going to get here people were thinking oh my you know the grandmas and grandpas thinking oh if this is going to be like $918.00 it's going to wipe out whole villages so that's kind of what everybody was preparing for so of course people were scared the kids were scared we were worried at the clinic you know we don't have ventilators if somebody needs oxygen or c.p.r. what are we going to do there was a lot of preparation going into it. that summation day has arrived the team is making the final preparations before a round trip to the villages nurse kimberly and then is carrying 50 doses of the modernity vaccine in her luggage and she hopes that this will bring the state of emergency to an end one person gets a fair that's you know that's 5 percent of the population almost so that one

household pretty much can cause for the whole village to shut down that means nobody hauling water nobody hauling fuel nobody you know you're not leaving your house to go get stuff that you made ok good things don't do it 20 minutes would be . the flights are expensive and time consuming so the team tries to vaccinate as many people as possible on a single trip the aid workers who come today won't return for 4 more weeks. this is another reason why even with many villages situated in the middle of the wilderness alaska is the fastest state when it comes to vaccinating residents in the u.s. . they are approaching vina thai on the banks of the yukon there is hardly any infrastructure no cell phone network and supermarket and most importantly no road access. the yukon is the lifeline for villages in the arctic in the summer it provides salmon upon which many residents

here depend in the winter it resembles an ice desert. a snow slopes or of cells landing strip. there are 2 cars in the village and one of them is the ambulance in the winter the snowmobile is the most important means of transportation it's just a short drive up to the health center.

food fuel clothes everything has to be flown in here today it's the vaccines turn to be. 20 villagers are already waiting inside word has spread about how dangerous the virus is here too so no one in being a tiny to be convinced about being vaccinated. right. did you guys read. the brochure thing about whether or not ok you know you're going to get some side effects. for. i'm good at it. yet. we've been anticipating to get our 1st right here and we are so happy to finally

get it and we thought it's going to you know hurt but. no pain. if you were at the end of the vaccination marks the end of a long period of isolation finally meeting friends again finally partying again. they are. ok after the shot a sticker and some warm words. you know congratulations lady. by going to see. lawrence roberts is next like most in the village back even longs to the indigenous which in tribe ok if you read the information see for many years he has relied on his strong constitution but in time of the pandemic he wants to play it safe after all there aren't any doctors or ventilators in vina thai either

. you're done i'll see you in 4 weeks. so it's pretty important i mean. both of them were literally. you would have to get sick or you know if it will prevent parts musician that's good you know. lawrence takes us to his home. we use his quad bike to get to the edge of the forest of the 200 person village. there are no roads here during winter you drive on a snow slope and in summer on a meadow. he lives alone in a locked cabin with his son for the past year he hasn't been allowed to leave the village the tribal government imposed strict rules to protect the community from the virus laurence roberts says that the modern lifestyle is what makes people so

vulnerable to the pandemic. we don't have no car off i contact and we're always doing is just basically travelling with ballparks and that here and there and. move or something that's where we settle down for a month. you know and and try to meet this is what it. took me when i listen to your i didn't come out of there that was 1010 years old. it was much healthier lifestyle you know that i knew that experience never gets 2nd you know i mean with you know it's you know. back and forth you can the village has come together at the traditional spring carnival for the 1st time since the pandemic began there hasn't been a cold case here for 2 months. the coronation of the princess is one of the years highlights.

up until recently deborah my card you would not have expected to see this much normality even though sled dogs are racing again this year. i feel very fortunate i mean we hear about other places that don't even have all of their health care providers vaccinated yet and we were all vaccinated and in december for the most part i think the majority of us and everybody here in the other villages feel like it's the beginning of the end. by summer life in the rest of the us will be a carefree as it is in the villages in alaska arctic circle. the

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this unique. downturn earth. doesn't have 4 doors it doesn't have proper heating it has no trunk cough. it up but comes. out. for many it was their 1st car and a lifelong love. it's a kind of lifestyle driving appeal. it keeps on going and going going. thomas today on the go in his home region of old involved in the south of germany he's on the hunt for air cooled beetles that are lying around. preferably

roadworthy but if not it's not the end of the world the tool maker by trade he can knock them all back into shape even seemingly hopeless cases. are not. very sure it can be junk. it's not unusual for someone to call me up to let me know that a relatively rare model is on its way to this crappy. of course i can't let that happen so it ends up in my yard. but. the people enthusiast has an appointment with another beatle fan. what he brings out of his garage isn't his only be at home but he doesn't want to keep this one if alone to a couple getting divorced people can do a lot of things but it can't divide itself into 2.

but where did you get it didn't happen i picked it up in oberhausen from a family that's breaking up it was supposed to get restored but figure hours had to be cleaned out and that's how i got the beetle. to do. 967 beetle color are kona white are rare model a simple standard edition but with folding roof not many of those were built but there's space full servant has seen better days. as a relationship but i've already seen that it needs a bit of work. but it's nothing i haven't seen before. the rear body sail is rusted through it would be a regular running board the door sill basically all round for. leaves home. the bottom 20 cent. as they say. they want you with us but it's people

here and there are a lot of well thomas by this one it's a question of negotiation now. cup at such a basic vehicle with all its limitations define logic and structure people's hearts and imaginations. is it once the hunchback shape its pure simplicity. karl hahn might be able to explain he was once v.w. chairman and was with the company from the stuart it was he who taught the people to crawl and so to speak. and when the beetle was a miracle. the beetle came a symbol of the success reliability and quality of german industry the motor of the german economy to a pacemaker was the foundation of our success has always been the beetle.

turkey for. the guns and it was done a lot to develop as it. wanted as on a good. bit on the our fishermen who was on an oil rig i mean your stock industry in order. that. this is where the story of the beetle began a v.w. 38 the prototype of the craft. or strength through joy cars as the nazis called the folks. number 6 of just 44 models built by hand developed in 1938 by fatten and porsche hitler's auto architect. porsche driven by the idea of a compact car had already built this prototype and put it through more than 2000000 test kilometers.

every detail was painstakingly recorded. the test drives included the stretch from stock art fire baton baton and across the black forest. kettler a car freak had declared the state subsidized compact car a top priority 100 kilometers an hour top speed room for 4 people cheap to buy and economical to run a car for the people. the father and son duo of roofers and beatle collectors target and tristan conj man tracked down this prototype all the way to the lithuanian capitol hill years. after world war 2 this particular beetle was taken to the soviet union as part of the spoils of war the unwitting owner unaware of its historical importance had driven it right up to the 1990 s. and then simply parked it in his yard. or. so we arrived

and there it is parked in the middle of the garden surrounded by snow and with a tarp it's a funny feeling when you see a piece of history just lying around 50 to a 4th of. them the car belonged to the living nazi call that lie ahead of the german labor front in the preface to the manual of the so called strength through joy car he gushed that the people's car was a national dream come true. number 6 was also the one used for the photos in the brochure. from the beginning the strength through joy carr was a propaganda instrument of the nazis hitler needed socio political success stories to legitimize his national socialist state and he could not tolerate the german high speed left behind by other european nations in the race to build cars. past. i.

wonder image of. the who never before had there been a design which would have to be the work of a genius broke all the rules that didn't have 4 doors but settled for 2 and had all kinds of limitations but in a package that no way underlined if she. demonstrated quality and practicality driving pleasure. or. there was no question of a people's car in the war years only celebrities and party bigwigs got their hands on the new strength through joy car despite the nazi states pity slogans promoting the pleasures of a cheap car all you had to do they said was save 5 marks a week and you could buy your own car germans dutifully collected their savings

stamps but the promised car never arrived not even when the world's biggest con factory was built in follow slaven now a district of all sport. the men who were supposed to build the cars were sent to the front to fight production was switched to munitions the machines turned out army jeeps tanks and cannon the savings put aside by the population came in handy for the nancys when the war was over some of the savers tried to get their money back the lawsuits dragged on until the early 1960 s. and ended with a settlement that ruled out all legal entitlements but returned a fraction of the money to the plaintiffs. for minister also the savers at least got the chance to use the money for a down payment or better many of them did that. they could either take. cash payment or corresponding discount on

a new car often. has sunk most of his savings into his passion for beatles the tired fletcher has been a fan since he married a beatle owner she drove to work in it every day clocking up 300000 kilometers without breaking down. to approved. seems. sure. his approval turned 1st into a passion and then into an obsession volatile would snap up every beatle he came across it all began in the mid 1970 s. word soon daughter around. ignored or maybe i was people were parked their old beatles outside my house at

night and i'd wake up and look to see if there was a new one we don't analyze 3 or 4 a week for spare parts are. actually there were so many that i no longer knew we're they were what model and i said to myself if i want to keep this hobby up i'll have to build a warehouse was one car from every year beginning to end. it is there anywhere else like it in the world and i don't know i don't think so. 1938 to 2003 that least one beatle from every year of production all in all a grand total of more than $180.00 cars not only is every year covered but there are quite a few grandma tools to. the last beatle belt involved. or from 974

. 1 of the legendary now extremely rare black and yellow racers from 1973 and i capture then and now it looks fast but only had 50 horsepower. the last 2 beatles built in mexico from 2003 each with just 11 kilometers on the clock. in one shed the last convertible to roll off the production lines at common and also book in 1979 waxed and still in its original packaging am. one of his favorites a beetle from 1948 popularly known as the pretzel model because of the split where window. it once belonged to the cathedral provost of moonstone. the church official

was staying at a guest house when the car was stolen by british occupying forces they hid it away in an abandoned distillery. they took everything they could get bicycles motorbikes military side cars cars they walled it up between the main building and the outhouse and plan to take it all back to england but the troops were redeployed in 1955 and the cars were forgotten about along with the other vehicles for you really would have fallen off . when their distillery was being demolished decades later the old cars were simply in the way nobody realized the significance of the find until vaulter happened to pass by. my arrival to see the beetle. already in the clutches of the decryption the rope

had already been crushed and the rear end was next i jumped on the car and yelled let the beetle live for the damage was done but we restored every inch bit by bit or if we didn't replace a single part or the car had 2050 kilometers on the kilometer lopo now it's nearly 50000 for told. in order and it's still got the original tires from 1948 the rubber has an interior it'd come from the authorities always check that grid new and were allowed to drive it. after the war the bombed out v.w. factory was placed under british military administration the occupiers ridiculed the hunchbacked car as primitive all except one major ivan hurst saw the potential of the nazi product and secured a commission from the british military government in august 945 it ordered 20000 sit downs it was simultaneously the lifesaver and launch pad for.

the british had brought the car to its in austria development center and 1945 and declared it unusable. send it back to the germans doesn't have 4 doors it has no proper heating it's got no trunk engine is allowed on so on. in the ships. theoretically if you did not see things like porsche who turned it into a practical car with the largest production numbers of all time you can see how difficult it is to predict success or failure of a new product really is false. 948 the british occupiers appointed hind north hall of the new general director. he

once said the v.w. beetle had as many flaws as a dog fleas. now he had the staff working in 3 shifts around the clock building the beetle. the former general motors manager opted for a radical monoculture putting all his eggs in one basket. the gamble paid off in the blink of an eye not half made the beatle famous well beyond germany's borders looming exports made for some profits and the newfound wealth made the stars. proud of their factory and new town which was now named both sport. in 1953 just 8 years after the end of the war the 500000th beetle rolled off the production minds by then its nickname had long since been that stoned on it by the

americans. back to beetle enthusiastic told us today ah he has set up his workshop in an old wine cellar. his mechanical talents are well known among germany's beatle fans they come from far and wide for his services . at the moment he's working on a 13 o 2 also known as a super beetle from the early 1970 s. with modern chassis technology a quantum leap in peoples of the time. the air cools type one flat 4 engine has to come out but it only takes the turn of a few screws. yeah be design is well thought through. and you can get all of the parts very easily. or listen to the sound it makes. order so the design is very basic feel for such

that is also the attraction i would. say here narrowly saved this particular hunchback from the junkyard a 984 model built in mexico like most central american peoples it was seized as a taxi only the shell remains but tire has doors in storage along with the chassis with the typical platform frame this one is not as bad as it looks. because of these are the is really just the cars bad weather code. could install a seat and connect the steering column and we would practically be ready to go. that still works and are still still works i can show you. you just leave electricity and gas thanks. and since brings into life.

$960.00 s. america and of large gas guzzlers the v.w. beetle sold like hotcakes this classless wonder was extremely popular with the mainstream the generation that fought against hitler's germany. where else in the world were more people saw then north america. and the americans fell in love with the beetle because it liberated them from the tyranny of detroit where they were bringing a new model to market every year a new strip of crumb or a new winder a new fender at the front or back were enough for them to announce a new model and the old one was no longer worth as much as some people had the new one in their driveway so the poor children had to explain why their father still hadn't bought the new model so every day. in the past 25 years we've been testing

and torturing things like dog. seeds and shops no other car goes through so much for so little. i. got to our advertising campaign became the talk of the town in america it was even nominated for best advertising campaign of the 20th century but the beetle was ideal for such a cheeky campaign fresh. on one side of the newspaper you had a coca-cola bottle and on the other a beadle. the slogan 2 shapes known the world over onto undershirts knowledge of the form and divest current. beetle meat in the belgian town of spa. not any old meat probably dizziness beetle festival in the world.

only air cooled engines are allowed on the legendary race track rear wheel drive only it goes without saying. there are so many here that there are traffic jams on the grand prix course. it was beatlemania of a different kind from its heyday in the 1960 s. to the late seventy's when the people was already being written off. there are also plenty from the 2nd tome mexico were continued to be built until it was finally discontinued in 2003 after 65 years. khorasan you. serious. one of the men in the pits is gay. advisor from just sold or he's been pimping old beatles for 30 years now

he's built the engine of a v.w. van type 32.4 leaders 180 horsepower into this 1302 model probably enough power to send it to the moon. by say uses it for racing. to. the future. the flaming going to. obvious is amateur racing at its best everybody has their fun. most of us used to race professionally and now we're just doing it as

a hobby although. there are also the drag racers people who have poured up to 70000 euros into their beatles for a few crazy seconds of acceleration over a quarter of a mile from the from these beetles run on a 114 octane fuel also known as laughing gas. go by fast from the bell and belgium has pinches 974 beetle with 230 horsepower. she says that makes it faster than a porsche g.t. 3. market has been drag racing for 30 years move this is so i know it's a shot of adrenaline. and you concentrate right down to the line. you go through your routine. and then the lights go green and your brain switches off and off we. go.

drag racing is like a modern day do you will. mark gets off to a terrible start but quickly pulls away. his opponent also driving a beetle doesn't stand a chance. the belgian is hunky his engine didn't blow up which could happen in track racing. to slow. down a little bit of these feet also known allowed on the track there so low that they would ruin the asphalt in june they look like write offs but that's on purpose. there's room for everyone here including the low bugs as they're called a lot of good work on this 963 model with folding roof was done by

a mechanic from frankfurt he bought the car from a senior citizen one careful owner. voice like charcoal she didn't want to sell it so i pulled out all the stops water flowers and buy a beer for coffee did some sweet talking the interior is from 1963 i didn't have to touch it so i hit the jackpot with the upholstery stricker it in the old lady really looked after it for free. the beetle for more than 20000000 produced exported to more than 150 countries. used and abused but always loved. it so unbelievable somewhat such a cheap car can do because somehow the beetle always landed on its feet. and even made it as a movie star. if you like it. hey

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