Brazil's Fishing School
- Date
1943
- Main contributors
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
- Summary
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Tells the story of Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas's favorite project, the Marambaia Fishing School, located fifty miles south of Rio de Janeiro on the Bay of Ilha Grande. Illustrates how the unique project trains Brazilian boys in such fishing arts as handling and building small boats, making and repairing nets, and catching many varieties fish from sardines to sharks. Detailed depiction of sardine processing and cannery, and the catching and processing of sharks for various derivative products. Narration addressed to northern audiences emphasizes that learning innovative ideas such as this school are a benefit of U.S. alliance with Brazil.
- Location
Bay of Ilha Grande, Brazil
- Collection
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Physical Description
1 film reel (14 min., 43 sec.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.