RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL 1930s TRAVEL FILM (SILENT) SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN COPACABANA BEACH XD45144

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1940s silent travelogue-style provides a tour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, featuring natural landmarks and scenes of urban life (TRT 0:08). The company that produced it, probably from newsreel type footage, was originally known as Excel Projector Corp. and based in Chicago, Illinois. Excel is remembered primarily as a manufacturer of economical, consumer-grade home movie projectors and cameras. In the 1940’s, they marketed silent 8mm and 16mm edited prints of “News of the World” newsreel footage and licensed comedy shorts. Opening titles over a map of South America. “Excel Movie Products presents Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)” (0:08). Title card: “One of the World’s most beautiful harbours” (0:22). Young pedestrians walk along a sidewalk beneath a tree near Guanabara Bay. A slow pan reveals Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance (0:37). Title: “Sugar Loaf Rock at the har