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Incredible images in a film archive: See how they react unknown tribe in Papua New Guinea first encounter with white people.

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A 15-minute video captures the reaction of a tribe in 1976 in Papua New Guinea, whose members first met white people.

Their reactions range from fear to curiosity and wonder and joy, writes BusinessInsider

One of the researchers reach out to a native, but it scares you the fix, and you can read in the eyes of disbelief. The cameraman does the same, tribesman tends to touch, but gets scared and withdraw immediately.

Then, the tribesman is given a match, a gesture that resulted in physical contact occurs earlier: the two shake hands. Then, the natives start it touches first his arms, then legs, stroking it even drier.

The native is taught how to use the match. Then get acquainted with other objects. One of the most impressive moment is when a native look in the mirror and gets scared. Researcher to show a knife, then gives them food and invites them to their camp, where they look in amazement at all the objects there.

Earlier this year, presented a BBC film tribe living in isolation in the Amazon rain forest on the border between Brazil and Peru. The authors said they filmed reportage from a kilometer away, to reduce the maximum "stress" that could lead to tribal members.

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