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The Ra Expeditions
Ra
1972 · Film · documentary · 122 min
Directed by Lennart Ehrenborg
Ra [also known as The Ra Expeditions] is a 1972 documentary film directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl about the expeditions organised by Thor Heyerdahl in 1969 and 1970 in attempt to cross the Atlantic on papyrus boats. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition
There's a very good movie documentary about it, which won an oscar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_(1950_film)
Also, the following regarding his later Papyrus boat expedition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra_(1972_film)
A must-watch in that context is the Oscar-nominated 1972 documentary on Thor Heyerdahl's Ra expeditions.
They attempted to cross the Atlantic on papyrus boats, based on drawings and models from ancient Egypt.
Here's a good picture of their second boat:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/19-08-28-Ra2-im-Kon-Tiki-Museum-Oslo-RalfR.jpg
Here's the documentary:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDYiTYoaLE Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb6Jsudv7lg