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Down the Amazon to Belem (1958)

1958 · Short film · 25 min

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This black and white adventure film is part of the “Bold Journey” program broadcast by ABC Television in the late 1950s. This episode titled “Amazon to Belem” covers an epic journey made by adventurer Eric Pavel and his wife from the Andes in Argentina, down the Amazon River through Brazil. The episode was released on October 6, 1958. Belém is the capital of the Brazilian state of Pará, and is a port city and gateway to Brazil’s lower Amazon region. Eric Pavel was a filmmaker best known for his movie "Three Worlds of Peru." The film begins with actor Jack Douglas introducing the program featuring Eric Pavel, who made the journey across the Amazon River with his wife (00:06). The start of the river in the Andes Mountain range (00:18). Jaguars swimming through the river (00:24). The flesh-eating Piranha fish (00:27). Primitive tribes of Hebrew Indians live along the Amazon River (00:29). Jack Douglas interviews Eric Pavel about the upcoming episode in a studio (00:31). Pavel and his wife aboard an Argentine Air Force Plane, and they fly over the jungle (02:19). They land high in the Andes Mountains (02:53) and continue their journey in a four-wheel drive (03:17). They start the sail across the river in dugout canoes (03:29). The nature alongside the Amazon River is inhabited by many exotic animals such as macaw parrots (03:40), poisonous rattlesnakes (03:55), flat-headed snakes (04:05), leafcutter ants (04:17), centipedes (04:38), and two-toed sloths (04:43). The canoe travels…

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Running time
25 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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