Excursão às nascentes do Xingu [Expedition to the Xingu River Headwaters] (1944) – Nilo de Oliveira Velloso

52 mins., b&w, sound – voice-over commentary in Portuguese, extradiegetic classical European music

Source : Museo do Índio, can also be viewed on-line in a poor copy here

Expedition film covered with absurd classical music (e.g the Blue Danube waltz music), and uneven cinematography by Nilo de Oliveira Velloso (Heinz Förthmann was the sound-recordist on this occasion), but there are some interesting sequences nevertheless.

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