Introduction to Colombia highlighting her importance to the U.S. in terms of military defense, trade, and democratic progress. Emphasis on the significance of the church and some discussion of the political system showing Eduardo Santos and Alfonso Lopez and the infiltration of Nazi propaganda. Many scenes of Bogotá featuring a party of notables in El Chico, the rural highlands, a sugar estate, and Barranquilla. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Colombia: Crossroads of the Americas
Colombia: Crossroads of the Americas
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; General Orientation (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Colombia
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, Kenneth Richter
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Music by Norman Lloyd; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 27 min.
Years Filmed: 1940
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 944'
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.
