Amazon: Longest River in the World

Amazon: Longest River in the World

Amazonas, Maior Rio do Mundo

Release date : 1918-01-01

Production country :
Brazil

Production company :
Amazônia Cine-Film

Durasi : 54 Min.

Popularity : 12

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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.