The British Academy Award-winning series of ten programmes Episode 5
The Story of Henry Morton Stanley who fought his way across Africa in 1874-1877 to chart the course of a river.
Introduced and narrated by David Attenborough from the Royal Geographical Society, London.
H. M. Stanley started life as a bastard in a Welsh workhouse. He achieved world fame when he discovered Livingstone in Darkest Africa. Now, with Livingstone dead, he decided to try to solve the mystery of the River Lualaba in unexplored Central Africa. Was it the headwater of the River Nile? Or could it be the eastern section of the Congo River? By the time he returned with the answer Stanley was the only white man left alive in the entire expedition.
A breathtaking film of Stanley's three-year trek into unknown Africa. Don't miss it. (SUNDAY EXPRESS) Now let us praise ' Explorers '. its tuperb outdoor photography, authenticity, controlled realistic acting.
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Written by JESSE LASKY JR and PAT SILVER Director FRED BURNLEY
Producer MICHAEL LATHAM