Mr. Heyerdahl? Just a glass of water, please. I'm José Bustamante. Your Excellency. Thank...
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Bustamente:
[Walking toward Thor, sit down on a bank]
Mr. Heyerdahl?
Thor Heyerdahl:
[taking him wrongly by a waiter]
Just a glass of water, please.
Bustamente:
I'm José Bustamante.
[Peru's president]
Thor Heyerdahl:
[standing up fastly]
Your Excellency. Thank you for seeing me.
Bustamente:
What can I do for you?
Thor Heyerdahl:
Actually, I'm here to tell you about something I can do for you.
Bustamente:
And what might that be?
Thor Heyerdahl:
By crossing the Pacific for 5,000 miles. I will prove that Peruvian natives were the first to settle Polynesia.
Bustamente:
[surprised]
What? Peruvians discovered Polynesia? And how may I help you?
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Your Excellency, thank De ...
Your Excellency, thank you for ...
- Señor Heyerdahl?
- A glass of water, please.
José Bustamante.
Your Excellency
thanks for that you would see me.
- How can I help you?
- It's me who can help you.
How?
By crossing the Pacific.
8000 km
I will prove Peru natives
first populated Polynesia.
What? Was it Peru natives
who discovered Polynesia?
How can I help them?
So calling the President
to the Canadian Navy -
- That says we should get everything we need
In return, we must invade Polynesia
on behalf of Peru?
Clip duration: 74 seconds
Views: 207
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 13 December, 2020
Genres: adventure, biography, drama
Summary: Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
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04:14 Look around you
03:01 At the mercy of the winds
00:46 Where did your ancestors come from
00:44 Same pineapple
00:37 It's tomato soup
02:20 You proved what Tei told us that night on Fatu Hiva
01:27 It's our only chance
02:56 This is Herman Watzinger
01:11 That a 1500 year old civilization
00:57 It's as if we're the only people left in the...
01:06 I'm 32 years old
00:57 We have traveled over 8000 kilometers
00:57 Do as the natives do
01:32 All very capable
00:47 Three years ago
01:17 We could try to surf over
01:14 Your Excellency