Ripley in Papua New Guinea

American Experience
Air Date: 01/06/15 | Rating: NR

Ripley traveled to Papua New Guinea in 1934. In this silent film Ripley observes tribal dances, meets warriors and visits homes. The local man wearing a belt was later featured in Ripley's "Believe It or Not!" cartoon, in which Ripley explains: "The Tanobada tribe of New Guinea wear tight belts to show that they eat little in order to obtain wives more easily. It is a disgrace to be fat in Papua."

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The Big Burn
S27 Ep4 | 52m 12s
Air Date: 02/03/15 | Expires: 09/06/25 | Rating: NR

In the summer of 1910, the largest fire in American history raged in the Northern Rockies.

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