Introduces "dynamic, progressive Uruguay" as being similar in many ways to the U.S. Shows a cattle round up, the livestock market outside Montevideo, the processing of meat and hides for export. The commentary praises Uruguay's advanced social legislation but suggests a lack of resources are a problem for industrialization. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977) A pictorial journey to the comparatively prosperous little country of Uruguay, which in many ways resembles the United States in its liberal, independent, and advanced social and political life. The relative ease, wealth, and contentment of its people are indicated, as well as the agricultural and economic basis of the country’s good fortune. A Julien Bryan production. (1950 NYU Fil m Library catalog)

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