Survey of rural and urban life in Chile's Central Valley pointing out similarities with the U.S. Scenes of the towns of Los Andes, Valparaiso, and Santiago; a fundo; and dancing the cuenca. Also shows Jorge Delano Coque, editor of Topaze and composer, Domingo Santa Cruz. (Jane M. Loy, Latin American Research Review, vol.12 no.3, 1977)
Films » Central Chile
Central Chile
Series Title: State Department South America Series
Summary:
Description:
Sponsored Film; General Orientation (Adamson-Seaton Film Classifications)
Country/Location: Chile
Tribe or Group: N/A
Producer: Julien Bryan
Cinematographer: William James, Francis Thompson
Production Company: Julien Bryan
Additional Production: Script by ___ Wolff; Narrated by Merce Cunningham
Running Time: 20 min.
Years Filmed: 1943
Decade Produced: 1940s
Film Gauge: 35mm
Stock: B&W Nitrate
Footage Count: 744'
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.
