Episode number 2 of Series “Around the world in 80 days”.
Homeward bound covers days 28 to 79 of Michael Palin’s (ex- Monty Python) 20th Century attempt to replicate the round-the-world trip of the fictional Phineas Fogg. The video takes us with Michael from Madras to Singapore via a Yugoslav freighter on which Palin works as a deckhand; from Singapore to Hong Kong and Shanghai, where Palin samples snake; from Shanghai to California via the eerie uninhabited world of a giant container ship and then by train, dog sled, balloon and ship on the last leg back to London.
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ACMI Identifier
302849
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Voyages and travels
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Voyages around the world
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)