The Search for the Nile, No. 2: Discovery and Betrayal

Series: Search for the Nile Series

Duration: 52

Year Published: 1976

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Dramatizes Richard Burton and John Speke's exploration through Central Africa, recording the deterioration of their physical health and personal relationship. Shows Speke's discovery and naming of Lake Victoria while Burton is recuperating in a Tanzanian village. Emphasizes the break in their relationship when the two quarrel over Speke's claim that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile. Reveals how Speke, upon his return to England, betrayed Burton., Dramatizes Richard Burton and John Speke's exploration through Central Africa, recording the deterioration of their physical health and personal relationship. Shows Speke's discovery and naming of Lake Victoria while Burton is recuperating in a Tanzanian village. Emphasizes the break in their relationship when the two quarrel over Speke's claim that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile. Reveals how Speke, upon his return to England, betrayed Burton.

Complete Record: Dramatizes Richard Burton and John Speke's exploration through Central Africa, recording the deterioration of their physical health and personal relationship. Shows Speke's discovery and naming of Lake Victoria while Burton is recuperating in a Tanzanian village. Emphasizes the break in their relationship when the two quarrel over Speke's claim that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile. Reveals how Speke, upon his return to England, betrayed Burton., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.