First-rate photography. Begins with the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu and a highland village fiesta. Scenes of the coastal region show the barrenness of the northern desert, Arequipa, the Chiclin hacienda where sugar and cotton are raised, and the Talara petroleum deposits. Altiplano section shows the raising of wheat, corn, barley, and oats. Lowland scenes include Iquitos and jungle farming. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Peru
Peru
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; General Orientation (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Peru
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: John Bransby, Julien Bryan, Jules Bucher, Francis Thompson
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Graphics by Philip Stapp; Script by Forrest Izard; Narrated by Tony Kraber
Running Time: 20 min.
Years Filmed: 1943
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 724'
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.
