The Amazon Trail (1996)

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38 frames from The Amazon Trail (1996), at the resolution it originally ran at. Pick one to see it at full size.

• View The opening scene in Peru, Indiana: someone lies in bed in a dark room under posters that say Amazon River and Rain Forest. at full size
• View A black jaguar appears in the bedroom among jungle plants, in front of a glowing window onto a river, and says: I am the jaguar of the Inca King. at full size
• View Arriving in Belém: a street of old buildings with a church tower, a red car and a three-wheeled cart with a red canopy. at full size
• View At the market in Belém, a soldier in a green helmet says: Halt! I've been told to be on the lookout for a stranger. Who are you? A box asks you to enter your name. at full size
• View The soldier says your papers are in order and two guides have been waiting for you. You can ask how to talk to them, or say I'll take Isabel or I'll take Antonio. at full size
• View Antonio, a guide with glasses and a red neckerchief, says: Hello, my friend. They call me Antonio. Antonio Santos Rios. You can ask what he is doing, where you are, the date or his supplies. at full size
• View Supplies on Hand: 400 pounds of food, 2 tents, 10 sets of clothes, 10 machetes, 90 first-aid kits, 10 harpoons and 30 lanterns, each shown as a row of small pictures. at full size
• View Trading in Belém: a man says Maybe. Here is what I have, and offers a machete, some food or some clothes. You can also say No thanks. at full size
• View Isabel reports in Belém: traveling for 0 days at a steady pace, normal rations, 400 pounds of food left and good health. You can also rest or change the pace or rations. at full size
• View The Amazon River Basin map, with triangles marking stops along the rivers. Isabel says: We're somewhere near Belém. You can ask where you are or how you are doing, or turn around. at full size
• View On the river, the black jaguar appears in a message box: Your quest is to find some cinchona and bring it to the Inca King. at full size
• View Another message from the jaguar: The Inca people are sick with malaria. Cinchona is a medicine for it. Behind it, the canoe sits on the wide river. at full size
• View The canoe on the wide river, seen from behind, with a camera icon near the far bank. A red bar between a skull and a smiling mask runs across the top. at full size
• View A message on the river, with Isabel's face in the corner: Careful! You've just hit a boat and capsized. at full size
• View You've drowned. Antonio's face is in the corner of the message, and the red bar between the skull and the smiling mask is almost empty. at full size
• View Evening on the river: the sun sets over calm water as Isabel offers to check how you are doing, rest, or change the pace or rations. An Adiós button sits at the bottom left. at full size
• View Resting by the river at sunset: an hourglass turns next to a counter showing 2, and Antonio says: Yes, we can rest for 3 days. at full size
• View Harpoon fishing: looking down into the water at lily pads, a pink water lily and dark fish shapes, with a harpoon for a pointer. at full size
• View A catch: a long silver fish. Antonio asks what should we do with this, with the choices Keep it, Look it up and Release it. at full size
• View Exploring the rainforest: a palm, a hanging vine and a branch of a tree with orange fruit, with the camera icon in the middle. Arrows in the green vine frame turn the view. at full size
• View Deeper in the forest: a mossy fallen log, a huge tree trunk, red and yellow flowers and a red mushroom, with the camera icon over the log. at full size
• View The forest floor: big leaves, spiky red flowers, red mushrooms on a fallen log and a striped tree trunk, with the camera icon in the middle. at full size
• View A red frog with blue legs turns up in the forest. Antonio asks what should we do with this: identify it, look it up, or ignore it. at full size
• View Isabel asks what to do with a green iguana found in the forest: identify it, look it up, or ignore it. at full size
• View A reddish, striped bird with a curved beak turns up in the forest, and Isabel asks what to do with it: identify it, look it up, or ignore it. at full size
• View The guidebook page for the Amazonian manatee: active both day and night, eats river plants such as grasses, water hyacinths and water lettuce, and is big, like a walrus. at full size
• View The guidebook page for the Goliath bird-eating spider, a large hairy spider that is active at night and eats mostly insects. The book says its venom is not particularly hazardous to people. at full size
• View The guidebook page for the blue morpho butterfly, active during the day. Its flash of blue wings, then nothing, makes it hard for predators to catch. at full size
• View Plant pictures in the guidebook: Banana Tree, Brazil Nut Tree, Bromeliad and Cacao. at full size
• View The guidebook entry on the Xingu River (shin-GOO), one of the seven great tributaries of the Amazon, about 400 miles upriver from Belém, with notes on the Villas Boas brothers and the Xingu National Park. at full size
• View The Amazon River Basin map again, with a red box over the Rio Negro. Antonio offers to say where you are or how you are doing, or to turn around. at full size
• View Arriving at Içá River: long wooden houses with thatched roofs stand on a grassy field under palm trees, with people walking in front. at full size
• View At a riverside village, a woman in a blue dress and red shawl says she descended the Napo River many weeks ago, and if you stay to the left you will go upriver. You can also ask to trade. at full size
• View A list of items, each with a small picture: Cinchona, Rosewood Oil, River Turtle, Cacao, Passionflower, Curare, Rubber Ball, Brazil Nuts and Iguana. at full size
• View Arriving at Vilcabamba: the sun sets over a river, with mountains and the buildings of the city on the far shore. at full size
• View The Inca King, Titu Cosi, in a feathered headdress and red cloak, holds out a golden shield. He thanks you for bringing the cinchona to save his people and gives you the shield in honor of your quest. at full size
• View The final grade: the Inca King points to the golden shield, set with small gems, and says: The jaguar holds a ruby for every mammal you identified. at full size