Explains how the Chilean government is solving the housing crisis in Santiago by dramatizing the experience of the Manuel Blanco family who through government aid exchange their conventillo dwelling for residence in a new housing project. Documents the process by which the Blancos receive their new home and provides some insight into popular lifestyle. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Housing in Chile
Housing in Chile
Alternative Title: Housing in Chile: One Government's Plan to Provide Better Homes
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; Vertical Pattern (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Chile
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, William James, Francis Thompson
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Script by Tom Cobb; Music by Louis Horst; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 18 min.
Years Filmed: 1943
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 650'
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.
