Jacare (1942) Pt 1

Part one of a 1942 documentary about an expedition to capture animals in the Brazilian jungle for zoos in the United States. 1940s, Brazil, Amazon River, jungles, adventure, documentaries, naturalists, explorers, wildlife, animals, birds, nature, expeditions, safaris, Frank Buck, Miguel Rojinsky, James M. Dannaldson, Clyde E. Elliott, Buck writing letter to Rojinsky introducing Dannaldson before his visit, Rio de Janeiro, Sugarloaf, musicians and women dancing, Palm Avenue, Belem, rooftops, Brazilians, railroad station, crowded train, Buck’s letter arriving at Rojinsky’s villa, Dannaldson and Elliott arriving at Belem port and meeting Rojinsky, Belem waterfront, cargo boats, car pov driving through city, visitors arriving at Grande Hotel, Dannaldson and Elliott meeting Rojinsky outside hotel and looking over map before heading out on expedition, expedition members transferring from station wagon to ox-cart aided by native porters, bullock cart, expedition members taking boats including dugout canoes down Amazon River, wildlife on riverbank, birds, heron, egret, expedition members venturing into jungle, porters cooking meal at campsite, expedition members eating, pet monkeys chained at campsite, spider monkeys, woolly monkeys, Brazilian men eating with fingers, macaws, monkey eating food off plate left behind, Dannaldson and Rojinsky catching boa constrictor, tapir family, woolly monkey in tree, Dannaldson catching iguana climbing tree, Dannaldson and Rojinsky saving coatimundi from boa, Dannaldson going on solo canoe trip with porter, harpy eagle and king vultures roosting in trees alongside river, anaconda creeping into water
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[@RonRay]

Fabulous old film. Thank you.

[@AnthonyEvelyn]

Brazil back then was a seriously prosperous upcoming regional power. The country is returning to fulfilling its potential.

[@josejoseph493]

Brasil, 1942 - 46 milhões de habitantes
Brasil, 2022 - 220 milhões de habitantes + x milhões espalhados pelo mundo
Povo Brasileiro... porra!

[@williamschlenger1518]

I remember Frank Buck bring them back alive.