Adventure: Missing Col. Fawcett in The Amazon Jungle

Duration: 12:00

Creator: CBS

Complete Record: "In the 1700s, Portuguese explorers report finding a city more ancient than the pyramids and filled with gold and jewels. Via an Indian, they send a written message, but remain behind and are never heard from again. The document is later found in a library in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Almost two centuries later, in 1925, Col. P.H. Fawcett, a British officer and surveyor, forms an expedition to investigate the Portugueses' claim, a quest that takes them on a tortuous trek across the region of Mato Grosso. After sending a last message to the outside world, Fawcett disappeared, becoming as enigmatic as the lost city. Three years later, the North American Newspaper Alliance funds an expedition led by Comdr. George M. Dyott of the British Naval Reserve to solve the mystery. Although some people believe Fawcett was murdered by bandits, Dyott is determined to investigate.