Learning on ScreenJungle Journey
Series
- Series Name
- Carrousel Britanico
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: ‘Carrousel Britanico’ goes hundreds of miles into the wild forests of the Amazon basin with a farmer who collects Brazil nuts. These arduous journeys are necessary as Brazil nuts grow wild and this is the only place in the world where they can be found. After leaving the modern city of Manaos, they travelled by steamer, canoe and eventually by foot. The undergrowth was so thick that they had to hack every step of the way. The pods fall from the trees and are split open for their fruit - Brazil nuts - which are taken to a trading post and sold.
- Keywords
- Food and cooking; Agriculture; Transport
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1168/8
- Credits:
-
- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Producer
- Frances Cockburn
- Producer
- Rosanne Brownrigg
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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