Amazon: Longest River in the World (1918)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : January 1, 1918

Runtime : 54m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Amazônia Cine-Film

Countries : Brazil

Keywords : amazon rainforest, silent film, partially lost film, amazon river