The Amish: A People of Preservation
1975 · 56 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 56 VOTES · DIR. John L. Ruth
Overview
The Amish continue to intrigue their technology-current neighbors by keeping alive ways and beliefs that many modern Americans regard as irretrievably lost to progress. In this colorful, award-winning documentary, newly revised and augmented, Mennonite historian John L. Ruth takes us sympathetically into the Amish mindset. Appreciative neighbors, a well-known physician, an artist, and respected scholar John A. Hostetler, author of Amish Society, provide insightful commentary on the survival of an alternative to the kind of world we have made. As the Amish increase exponentially in numbers, some migrate toward more open farmland. Those staying in centuries-old communities where the land is too crowded to farm have developed an amazing variety of cottage industries. But all changes are made very carefully, in order not to undermine the spiritual covenant and community.
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00:00:50 No one can speak for the Old Order Amish but themselves.
00:03:36 In the new world, religious tolerance and rich farmland have allowed the Amish family to prosper.
00:06:46 Between the time when parents yield their control over their childrens minds
00:09:25 Horses have their own personality anyway.
00:11:29 but they very carefully control the use of those colours
00:13:29 Several generations, and sometimes several families live on the same farm.
00:15:49 The sitting room is for company
00:18:24 And... this is always a very exciting experience because
00:20:47 The band is to constantly remind that person where he's at.
00:22:59 he will outfit it with his own kind of Ordnung-compatible wheels
00:25:50 A tractor is allowed for belt-power
00:27:42 He begins to work as soon as he is physically capable.
00:30:16 The game will go on most of the day.
00:32:49 you know with the young (...), oh no.
00:34:33 He's very happy.
00:36:31 aimed at the special needs of Amish and Mennonite children.
00:37:59 which other places were rare but here were common.
00:40:00 Economic pressures have forced them to reconsider an earlier ban on bulk milk tanks.
00:42:11 and it's a problem for the Amish people
00:44:16 Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin.
00:46:12 The Amish signature of simplicity is what often catches the eye.
00:47:52 was there to see who's coming and so on and so forth.
00:50:19 they bring long experience with disaster recovery.
00:52:44 on the Voyager spacecraft