Across the 7 Seas Film “Run of the Rio Grijalva” 14704 (1963)

Synopsis

This film, from the series called “Across the 7 Seas”, presents the journey of sixteen men headed by Jack Curry of Western River Expedition as they traversed the dangerous white-water rapids of the Rio Grijalva for the first time. The story is narrated by Bob Moran (:09). It took the men eleven days to cross the seventeen mile stretch of rapids (:32). The film is presented by Jack Douglas True Television Series in association with Bing Crosby Productions (:55). The film heads to Chiapas, Mexico (1:30) in the capital city of Tuxtla. The expedition arrives in the Tuxtla Gutierrez airport terminal and Jack is seen as the first men stepping from the plane (1:34). A marimba bands greets them (1:49) and from here they check into a local hotel (1:58). The objective for the following day was to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the river as they climb into a small plane (2:02). The Rio Grijalva cuts through the Sumidero Canyon (2:15). While the river’s length is 298 miles and most of it had been thoroughly mapped and explored, the most dangerous 17 miles had never been crossed by raft before (2:28). They were able to chart the first few miles of the rapids (3:07). A Western River Expedition truck had arrived a few weeks prior to deliver supplies and equipment (3:16). A beach outside of Tuxtla was to be there pushing off point (3:23). Men of the expedition are seen carrying the oar lock rig (3:30) and inflating the rubber rafts (3:53). Once inflated, the rafts weighed 900 lbs. (4:03).…

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25 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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