- Title: F-9503
- Summary: AMAZON LOWLANDS: AMAZON RAIN FOREST. MANAOS. BELEM. TROPICAL LOWLANDS OF NORTHERN BRAZIL. MANAUS. SOUTH AMERICA.
- Description:00:27:30 - POV FLOATING ALONG RIVER. THE AMAZON. DRY SEASON 00:27:40 - GREAT STORM CLOUDS. RAINY SEASON. VEGETATION FLOATING IN RIVER. RAIN FOREST. THE BANKS OF THE RIVER. 00:28:33 - NATIVES IN BOAT ROWING. AMAZON RIVER. THE TREES OVERHEAD. PEOPLE GET OUT OF BOAT. 00:29:12 - MEN WALK THROUGH THE JUNGLE, THICK FOREST. MEN CUT TREES OUT OF THE WAY WITH MACHETE, CUT A PATH THROUGH THE FOREST AS THEY WALK. DUCK UNDER FALLEN TREE. CHOP AT BARK. LARGE LEAFY PLANTS. MAN SMELLS BARK. 00:29:40 - BRAZIL NUT TREES. CHOPPING COCONUT-LIKE OBJECT WITH MACHETE. BRAZIL NUTS. 00:30:05 - RUBBER TREES. LATEX SAP DRIPPING FROM TREES INTO BUCKET. MILKY WHITE SUBSTANCE. 00:30:33 - IN FOREST SHELTER, WORKER COOKING BALL OF CRUDE RUBBER OVER FIRE. SHOE SHAPED OBJECTS. MAN MAKING RUBBER SHOES. LATEX SHOES. BOY CARRIES SHOE FORM ON STICK, STICKS IN GROUND TO AIR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 00:31:15 - CU SHOW FORMS STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND 00:31:17 - WOMEN BENT OVER IN FIELD CHOPPING CROPS WITH MACHETE. PEOPLE IN FIELD. SMALL HARVEST. 00:31:41 - JUTE FARMER. FARMING. SOWING SEEDS WITH A HAND PLANTER. DRY CRACKED EARTH. PRIMITIVE FARMING IMPLEMENTS. 00:31:57 - WORKER HARVESTING MANIOC PLANTS, CASSAVA. CUTTING PLANTS WITH MACHETE 00:32:19 - COCOA TREES IN RAIN FOREST. 00:32:34 - PEOPLE IN LITTLE FERRY BOAT. WAVE TO ANOTHER BOAT 00:32:54 - VILLAGERS IN SMALL LAUNCHER, CANOE, HITCH A RIDE ON FERRY BOAT. LINE OF CANOES, SMALL BOATS TIED TO FERRY SAVING HOURS OF ROWING TIME. "CANOE TRAIN" 00:33:35 - POV ON BOAT, AMAZON 00:33:38 - MEN IN CANOE TRAIN PREPARING MEALS & EATING. 00:33:52 - SMALL MONKEY ON BOAT EATING FRUIT. 00:34:02 - MAN LIGHTS CIGARETTE BUTT, TINY BIT OF CIGARETTE LEFT. 00:34:04 - MOTHER & CHILD SLEEPING ON HAMMOCK. ON BOAT 00:34:10 - TINY MONKEY CLIMBS INTO TINY MONKEY HAMMOCK TO TAKE A NAP AFTER EATING. 00:34:19 - MEN COVER SMALL BOATS ON "CANOE TRAIN", THUNDER HEARD. AMAZON RAINY SEASON. RAINING. BAILING WATER OUT OF BOAT, HEAVY RAIN. 00:34:51 - POV FROM BOAT, VILLAGE OF STRAW HUTS ON RIVER. RAISED ON POSTS. 00:35:15 - CU BOY WEARING TATTERED SHIRT ON BOAT 00:35:19 - VILLAGERS WATCH FROM SHORE AS BOAT PASSES. 00:35:24 - POV ON BOAT, AMAZON. HOUSES RAISED ON POSTS 00:35:30 - MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. 00:35:40 - VILLAGE WITH STRAW HUTS. AMAZON VILLAGE LIFE VILLAGER BENT OVER SWEEPING AWAY LEAVES. WOMAN ROLLING UP HAMMOCKS. PUTTING AWAY DURING THE DAY, HOUSEHOLD CHORES. FANNING FIRE. MAKING COFFEE 00:36:44 - HUSBAND AND SONS BRINGS HOME CATCH. FISH BEING PUT INTO BASKET. 00:37:31 - HUSBAND BRINGS CATCH THROUGH VILLAGE. WOMAN CHOPS KINDLING. 00:37:46 - WOMAN CHOPPING UP FISH, CLEANING FISH,. CHICKENS WALK AROUND. 00:38:02 - SMALL CATTLE HERD. CALVES. OXEN. 00:38:17 - GIRLS CARRYING MUD POTS AND FILLING THEM WITH WATER. 00:38:49 - WOMEN PEELING MANIOC USING TIP OF A KNIFE CASSAVA. MUSHING IT WITH THEIR HANDS. THROWING THE "BATTER" INTO LONG WOVEN TUBES WHICH ARE THEN DRAINED OF WATER. TUBE IS STRETCHED TO SQUEEZE OUT THE POISONOUS JUICES. MAKING MANIOC MEAL (USED IN PLACE OF FLOUR) 00:40:33 - ROASTING & DRYING MANOIC MEAL OVER WOOD FIRE. SIFTING MEAL. BARNYARD ANIMALS, CHICKENS AND DOG EAT GRAINS THAT FALL TO THE GROUND 00:41:07 - AMAZON WOMAN HAND WEAVING FISHING NET 00:41:28 - AMAZON WOMAN SEWING ON SEWING MACHINE. CU BAREFEET WORKING PEDAL 00:41:42 - WOMAN USING HOLLOW IRON FILLED WITH BURNING CHARCOAL TO PRESS CLOTHING 00:41:55 - POV ON BOAT APPROACHING LAND 00:42:06 - TWO MEN LAND ON BANK, CU TYING BOAT UP TO THIN STICK. LOGS IN BOAT. THROWN INTO PILE ON SHORE. 00:42:35 - OCEAN GOING FREIGHTER COMES UP THE AMAZON, CREWMAN THROWS LINE, WALKING DOWN GANGPLANK. UNLOADING SUPPLIES. IMPORTED CARGO CARRIED ON HEADS, WALK OVER PRIMITIVE BRIDGE. EXPORT LOGS. 00:43:51 - MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA, BRAZIL. MANAOS. BELEM. 00:44:04 - MANAOS, BRAZILIAN PORT CITY. NOW MANAUS. TOWN WITH TROLLEY CAR. COBBLESTONE STREETS. STATUES. FOUNTAINS. CHILDREN PLAYING BALL. 1962 00:44:38 - MANAOS HARBOR. BOATYARD. BRAZIL. SUPPLIES LOADED ON TO SHIP BY OVERHEAD PULLEY. EXPORTING NUTS, JUTE, RUBBER, WOOD, FOREST PRODUCTS, FIBER OF JUNGLE VINE. 00:45:44 - AMAZON FROM PORT 00:45:49 - SCENIC NATURE BEAUTY SHOTS. AMAZON RIVER. BEAUTIFUL CLOUDS IN SKY. 00:46:08 - ZOOM OUT MAP OF SOUTH AMERICAN, BRAZIL 00:46:13 - REEL ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-9503