Venezuela Moves Ahead

Series Title: State Department South America Series

Summary:

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)

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.

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