Discussion of Bolivar's role in the winning of independence. Scenes of the coastal plain show La Guaira, coconut and cacao plantations. Section on the Llanos includes scenes of the plainsmen fishing. Long sequence on life of the people of the highland village of Mucuchies. Much attention is given to oil production showing methods of exploration, the company town, role of foreign investment. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Venezuela Moves Ahead
Venezuela Moves Ahead
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; General Orientation (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Venezuela
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, Kenneth Richter
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Graphics by Albert Paganelli; Script by Tom Cobb; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 32 min.
Years Filmed: 1940
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Color Safety
Footage Count: 1150'
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. The only color film in the series (as it was shot on 16mm, not 35mm). There are 23 films in the CI-AA series. It's possible that this film was made after the CI-AA series in 1944 or later.
