Life and industry in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile showing traditional and modern methods of mining copper, nitrate, and iron; desert nomads; and the towns of Chiuchiu, Andacoya, Antofagasta, and Tocopilla. There is a study of the Chuquicamata mining community. Scenes of an Andacoya Christmas fiesta with an Indian juggler and poet on stilts, and of men playing golf on the sand dunes. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977) Life and industry in the hot, dry Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Modern mining methods are shown and there is also an interesting study of the life lived by the people of this region. A Julien Bryan film. (1950 NYU Film Library catalog)
Films » Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert
Alternative Title: N/A
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; General Orientation (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Chile
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, William James
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Graphics by Philip Stapp; Script by Tom Cobb; Music by Louis Horst; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 17 min.
Years Filmed: 1943
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 601'
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.
