Children of the Americas

Series Title: State Department South America Series

Summary:

A compilation study of Latin American children at home, school, work, and play. Designed for elementary school audiences. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)

Description:

Sponsored Film; Cross-Sectional (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)

Country/Location: Latin America

Tribe or Group: N/A

Producer: Julien Bryan

Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, Jules Bucher, Francis Thompson

Production Company: Julien Bryan

Additional Production: Music by Norman Lloyd; Script by ___ Wolff; Narrated by Ann Bracken

Running Time: 10 min.

Years Filmed: 1940

Decade Produced: 1940s

Film Gauge: 35mm

Stock: B&W Nitrate

Footage Count: 484'

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.

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