ADVENTURES IN SOUTH America is a cursory look at Peru of '46, showing the contrast between the Old Peru and primitive farmers and thatched huts and the new modern cities like Lima.
It starts with a look at the old, including a mixture of old and new costumes that can be seen in the market in La Paz. Colorful costumes are adorned during fiesta days and we see the Lake Chiticaca area where sailing crafts and riverboats glide on the waters.
We take a look at Inca cities where walls and streets were built by primitive building standards but still stand today. Peruvian farmers and their wives work in the fields. We see a swinging bridge made of fiber (and expect to see Indiana Jones crossing at any moment), and stop for awhile at Lima, a colonial town founded by Pizarro in the 1500s and updated with modern construction as the capital of Peru.
The documentary closes with a look along the Amazon where the savage headhunter tribes are shown standing around in a group, and nearby are the head trophies decorated and preserved in a fancy manner.
Colorful but rather dull in the manner of presentation.
It starts with a look at the old, including a mixture of old and new costumes that can be seen in the market in La Paz. Colorful costumes are adorned during fiesta days and we see the Lake Chiticaca area where sailing crafts and riverboats glide on the waters.
We take a look at Inca cities where walls and streets were built by primitive building standards but still stand today. Peruvian farmers and their wives work in the fields. We see a swinging bridge made of fiber (and expect to see Indiana Jones crossing at any moment), and stop for awhile at Lima, a colonial town founded by Pizarro in the 1500s and updated with modern construction as the capital of Peru.
The documentary closes with a look along the Amazon where the savage headhunter tribes are shown standing around in a group, and nearby are the head trophies decorated and preserved in a fancy manner.
Colorful but rather dull in the manner of presentation.