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Bold Journey: Indians of the Andes (1957)

1957 · Short film · 25 min

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ABC's pioneering travelogue / adventure program "Bold Adventure” presented stories from all over the world to a rapt audience in the mid-1950s. Equipped with 16mm movie cameras, various adventurers journeyed to remote or interesting locations all over the world, then returned and presented their stories. Host John Stephenson presented each episode, and prompted the guest to provide commentary and answer questions. In this episode, Eric Pavel and his wife travel to Ecuador, South America and into the Andes and Amazon Jungle. There they interact with and document two tribes, the Tsáchila tribe, also known as Colorados, and Jivaro tribe. The host John Stephenson introduces the adventurer couple, Eric Pavel and his wife and co-producer Maria “Maita” Pavel. The couple cross a log on donkeys (00:30). Jivaro people dance around a pole. The Colorado people help someone off a horse. Eric is interviewed on the UCLA campus. Animal skins and tribal artifacts from around the world adorn the Pavel living room in San Clemente, California (2:21). They ride into the Andes on mules. Close ups of the Colorado people (3:35). Their faces are painted with black lines. A woman rocks her baby. A little girl plays with her puppy. Another girl feeds her large pet rat (5:15). His wife sits under Elephant Ear Leaf. She climbs on the back of a Colorado man’s horse. The wife holds a baby and sits with the children (6:11). A girl opens a plantain with her teeth. The women boil the plantain in a pot over…

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Running time
25 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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