Lifeline Amazon

Duration: 10

Genre: Educational

Creator: Aci Productions

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Lifeline Amazon Produced by Aci Productions Year published 1970 Grade Level: I J H Distributed on media: 1 film reel (10 min.), optical sound, 16 mm. Color?Color Length: 10 MIN Description: Shows how the Amazon River provides the only avenue of travel into much of Brazil's interior., A trip up the Amazon River reveals a portrait that is mysterious, foreboding and fraught with hardships. The Amazon is a river of vast proportions, in an area of dark tropical forests which comprise one-quarter of all the forest in the world. There are no streets, no roads, no airports. The indians and the natives of mixed races have learned how to live with the insects, the swamp fever, and the dangers of the rapids. The film shows the town of Manaus, 2,000 miles up the river. For the people of the Amazon, it is the market for their products: crocodile skins, jute, raw rubber, and Brazil nuts.

Complete Record: Lifeline Amazon Produced by Aci Productions Year published 1970 Grade Level: I J H Distributed on media: 1 film reel (10 min.), optical sound, 16 mm. Color?Color Length: 10 MIN Description: Shows how the Amazon River provides the only avenue of travel into much of Brazil's interior., A trip up the Amazon River reveals a portrait that is mysterious, foreboding and fraught with hardships. The Amazon is a river of vast proportions, in an area of dark tropical forests which comprise one-quarter of all the forest in the world. There are no streets, no roads, no airports. The indians and the natives of mixed races have learned how to live with the insects, the swamp fever, and the dangers of the rapids. The film shows the town of Manaus, 2,000 miles up the river. For the people of the Amazon, it is the market for their products: crocodile skins, jute, raw rubber, and Brazil nuts.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.