SAILING 1000 MILES UP THE AMAZON

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Title: SAILING 1000 MILES UP THE AMAZON

Reference number: 0419

Date: 1936c

Sponsor: Glasgow Education Authority

Production company: [ Elder-Dalrymple Film Productions]

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11.36 mins

Description: A study of Northern Brazil and the course of the Amazon river filmed during 1935.

Alternative title RIVER AMAZON & 1000 MILES UP THE AMAZON. See SEFR no. 46. See National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive Paper archives ref. 4/13/1. For teaching notes see addit. info. file 11/1/65 and 11/1/145. 4/16/27 for interview with Darlrymple

British Film Institute preserve the original 35mm negatives of this film. See also http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150010781# [last accessed 10/09/2020]

Credits: [ph. J.B. Dalrymple]

Shotlist: Reel 1
Credits (.03) map showing route across Atlantic from Liverpool to the Amazon. Shots on board the ship. Flying fish. One lands on the deck and the passengers examine it (1.18) map of the Amazon Basin. Shots of river. Equatorial forest (2.55) cargo steamer by the riverbank. Hardwoods for cabinet-making being shipped straight from the forest. As there is no harbour, timber has to be floated to the steamer. Logs floated out guided by swimmers. Logs hauled on board and measured (4.52)

Reel 2
No credits. Ship at quayside. Shacks built on wooden piles for safety. Shots of local people (1.27) map showing progress up river. Shots on board ship. Views of the town of Santareen. Manaos, the principal port of the Upper Amazon. Ships at the quay-side. A modern floating quay has been built and from the ships alongside the goods are taken ashore by an overhead trolley. The trolley in action (3.44) One of the principal exports of this region is brazil nuts. Nuts are loaded onto ship. Street scenes in Manaos. Tram running through jungle on outskirts of the city (6.45)