TravelTalks short looks over the South American Andes mountains, and the S.A. west coast, and Rio de Janeiro.TravelTalks short looks over the South American Andes mountains, and the S.A. west coast, and Rio de Janeiro.TravelTalks short looks over the South American Andes mountains, and the S.A. west coast, and Rio de Janeiro.
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- TriviaIt is stated that the population of Rio de Janeiro is "nearly 2 million people". In 2020, Rio's population was 6.7 million.
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Mountain adventure
The Andes Mountains, located in South America, are the longest continental mountain range on Earth, and are over 4300 miles in length. In this Traveltalks from 1943, we see the mountains from a dazzling perspective and visit some of the nearby countries. Fitzpatrick starts in Viña del Mar, a city on the Pacific coast of Chile. Many hotels are located along its shores. We also see the Chilean lake district, which extends down the country's central valley and continues into a chain of southern lakes which border Argentina. Fitzpatrick and some others then board a DC-3 airliner to make the journey across the Andes to Rio de Janeiro. He says the mountains have a lot of minerals in them, but due to how much money it would cost to extract them, business ventures to the mountains have stayed away. This didn't stop ancient Native Americans from accessing them, however. After landing in Brazil, Fitzpatrick explains how Rio was greatly updated between 1902 and 1906. Most noticeably, basically every block has a mosaic etched onto the sidewalk. Each one looks different, so if you memorize these symbols, you can find your way around the city. Rio also has an interesting story related to a certain species of tree. After the Portuguese king was exiled to brazil by Napoleon, he brought seeds of palm trees called Royal Palms, which were supposed to be the ceremonial property of the royal family. Over a century later, these trees, originally meant to be regal and few in number, are absolutely everywhere. Finally, we visit a beach and are told that even though brazil is mostly made up of mestizos, the portuguese language is dominant in the country and there's a high level of racial tolerance. Like most Traveltalks, the facts Fitzpatrick spews don't really have any relevance to what's being shown, and would never really be of practical use to anybody. I still place this one above most of the others in the long list of films he's done because it involves an aircraft. The legendary Douglas DC-3 is one of the most iconic transport planes of all time, still flying today over 80 years later, and redefined the word effective during the Second World War as its militarized alter ego, the C-47. I was hoping to see more of the statue of Jesus that Rio is so famous for, but you can only see it far in the background when the film starts talking about the city. Ah well. To summarize, this short is like 90% of all the other Traveltalks, but at least had the decency to end before it got too tedious.
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- nickenchuggets
- May 28, 2023
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- Runtime9 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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