The Search for the Nile, No. 1: The Dream of the Wanderer

Series: Search for the Nile Series

Duration: 52

Year Published: 1976

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Introduces Richard F. Burton and characterizes Burton as a maverick army officer, world traveler, and adventurer who is possessed with a desire to discover the mysterious source of the Nile River. Dramatizes Burton's meeting with John Speke, who is to become his companion in the search for the Nile's source which is financed by the Royal Geographic Society. Portrays Isabel Arundel as a free-thinking woman in search of adventure who meets Burton and decides he is the man who will fulfill her desire for a nontraditional marriage partnership., Introduces Richard F. Burton and characterizes Burton as a maverick army officer, world traveler, and adventurer who is possessed with a desire to discover the mysterious source of the Nile River. Dramatizes Burton's meeting with John Speke, who is to become his companion in the search for the Nile's source which is financed by the Royal Geographic Society. Portrays Isabel Arundel as a free-thinking woman in search of adventure who meets Burton and decides he is the man who will fulfill her desire for a nontraditional marriage partnership.

Complete Record: Introduces Richard F. Burton and characterizes Burton as a maverick army officer, world traveler, and adventurer who is possessed with a desire to discover the mysterious source of the Nile River. Dramatizes Burton's meeting with John Speke, who is to become his companion in the search for the Nile's source which is financed by the Royal Geographic Society. Portrays Isabel Arundel as a free-thinking woman in search of adventure who meets Burton and decides he is the man who will fulfill her desire for a nontraditional marriage partnership., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.