Compares modes of transportation in Latin America to explain the growing importance of the airplane. There are scenes of river and ocean traffic, railroads, trucks and cars, airlines, and the Pan-American Highway. Draws largely on footage from Brazil and Mexico and includes some scenes of railroads on sugar plantations, an electric train in Mexico, and an avalanche in Chile. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Roads South
Roads South
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
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, Kenneth Richter
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Script by Miriam Bucher; Narrated by Julien Bryan
Running Time: 18 min.
Years Filmed: 1940
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 657'
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.
