Eleven minutes that'll make you question why your country isn't this obsessed with flight.
The first Brazilians who engaged in aviation, from Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão with his hot air balloon to Alberto Santos Dumont, giving Brazil a prominent place in aviation. The creation of the Military Air Mail (CAM) and the Brazilian aviation industry. Commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Santos Dumont. The house where Santos Dumont was born; Bartolomeu Gusmão (Santos - SP); small hot air balloon Júlio César Ribeiro de Souza; 1881: his Victory balloon flies in Paris; Augusto Ribeiro; Santos Dumont: the balloon in the Torre Eifel, the 14 bis, the 'Demoiselle': real scenes of the time. Edu Chaves flies the Rio-Buenos Aires route in the 1920s. Current era: manufacture of the Bandeirante (assembly line). President Médici flies in the first Bandeirante; Xavante and Ipanema, Universal, rego elo and other models manufactured by Embraer in São José dos Campos.
Practical Effects
Genuine 1881 balloon footage and 14 bis actual flight scenes.
Production
Wild tonal whiplash from Santos Dumont poetry to Bandeirante factory montage.
Director
Jurandyr Passos Noronha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Brazil's military dictatorship to manufacture national pride through technology, conveniently ignoring Santos Dumont's depression and suicide.
The Bandeirante aircraft shown would become Embraer's foundation—this eleven-minute film basically predicted Brazil's aviation dominance decades early.
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