A study of Bolivia's capital city stressing its high altitude, blend of Indian and Spanish culture, problems facing industrialization, and government efforts to modernize the city. Scenes of Plaza Morillo, government buildings, cathedral, market days, the Alacitas festival, paper and textile factories, and residential areas of the city. There is a long dance sequence accompanied by native music. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » La Paz
La Paz
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; Vertical Pattern (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Bolivia
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Jules Bucher
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Script by Miriam Bucher; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 16 minutes 39 seconds
Years Filmed: 1942
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 600'
Sound: Narrated
Notes: Made for the Federal Government (FDR good neighbor policy): "produced in 1942 by the U.S. office of War Information Overseas Branch" (from film's title frame). 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.
