A Walk in the Forest

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  • TITLE: A Walk in the Forest
  • RELEASE DATE: 01/01/1958
  • SYNOPSIS: The (fictional) story of an oil survey team working in the forests of Papua New Guinea, the people that they encounter, and the struggles that they face when one of the team falls ill.
  • BP ASSET ID: 801058
  • VIEWING RESTRICTIONS: Public
  • LICENSING RESTRICTIONS: None
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY: None
  • COLOUR: Colour
  • ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE NOTES: None
  • FORMAT: BetaSP_Small
  • SHOTLIST: GVs of the team walking through the forest. Setting up camp and equipment, sending messages over radio. A deserted village - GVs of wooden houses. Nightfall - Papuan singing, smoking round the campfire. Preparing maps at camp. Back at the village, offering gifts. Villagers looking at the gifts, trading. The team wading up a river, measuring the outcrops of rock. Building a stretcher. Reaching their 60ft canoe. Casting off. Travelling down the river. Base camp, where an aircraft picks the team up.
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