Believe It or Not (Second Series) #1 (1931)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 8M

Sinopse

This first entry in the "Believe It Or Not" series of shorts visits northern Africa. Included are a look at the Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert, a waterfall whose under-surface builds up because of lime deposits, a clock that strikes 13, and the Tree of Abraham, estimated to be 3500 years old

Atores

Robert L. Ripley
Robert L. Ripley
Himself

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