Study of Peru's capital city showing survival of past traditions and impact of modernization. Scenes of downtown area, race track, housing projects, hospital, and university. Also shows the shutting of stores for long lunch hour and crowds watching an animated crèche at Christmas. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Lima
Lima
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; Vertical Pattern (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Peru
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Jules Bucher
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Graphics by Philip Stapp; Script by Miriam Bucher; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 15 minutes 21 seconds
Years Filmed: 1943
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 559'
Sound: Narrated
Notes: Made for the Federal Government (FDR good neighbor policy). Julien Bryan contracted by FDR administration. Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Nelson Rockefeller, in charge of contracting filmmakers to make movies in South America. There are 23 films in the CI-AA series.
