Watch Full Amazon: Longest River in the World (1918) : Movie Online Documentary by Portuguese Silvino Santos, about the Amazon, its flora, fauna, its inhabitants and among other wonderful images from the beginning of the 20th century with alternating close-up shots of caimans, jaguars and tropical flora with footage of Indigenous rituals--including some of the earliest known moving images of the Indigenous Witoto people--and longer sequences showcasing the region’s extractive industries: rubber, the Brazil nut, timber, fishing, even the egret feathers that were a staple of women’s fashion at the time. | ||
Release Date | : | Jan 01, 1918 |
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Genres | : | Documentary |
Production Company | : | Amazônia Cine-Film |
Production Countries | : | Brazil |
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Plot Keywords | : | amazon rainforest, silent film, partially lost film, amazon river |
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