Survey of the jungle lowlands, yungas, and altiplano points out that there are really "three Bolivias" each "with its offering to the country's destiny." Shows processing of rubber, chinchona, coca; agricultural methods; silver and tin mining. Scenes of the mountain roads, Indian factory workers in La Paz, and the Cochabamba trolley. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Bolivia
Bolivia
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; General Orientation (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Bolivia
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Jules Bucher, William James, Francis Thompson
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Graphics by Philip Stapp; Script by Forrest Izard; Music by Gene Forrell; Narrated by Jose Ferrer
Running Time: 20 min.
Years Filmed: 1943
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 720'
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.
