An overview of Argentina designed to foster North American understanding of a potential friend or bitter rival of the U.S.in Western Hemisphere affairs. About one third of the film is devoted to agriculture on the pampas. It follows the production of cattle from grazing on the estancia to meat processing in the packing houses. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Argentine Primer
Argentine Primer
Alternative Title: N/A
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; General Orientation (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Argentina
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Jules Bucher, March of Time
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Script by Miriam Bucher; Music by Norman Lloyd; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 23 min.
Years Filmed: 1940
Decade Produced: 1940s
Years Distributed: N/A
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 816'
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.
