" Venezuela Moves Ahead" Modern Story of an Ancient Land (1942)

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This 1942 cultural film "Venezuela Moves Ahead" was produced by Julian Bryan for the Office of the Coordination of Inter-American Affairs, created by President Roosevelt in 1941.A statue of Bolivar is in New York Central Park. An animated map shows the Spanish conquest in the Americas (:20-1:29) and revolts led by Bolivar and Jose San Martin. The ‘Monument to the Liberators’ is shown (1:46-2:45). Venezuela’s topography areas are mapped (3:29-4:18). The highlands mountains have mahogany trees (4:20-4:38). A man rides a donkey through banana trees (5:03-5:25). A worker climbs and tosses down coconuts. A donkey pulls a wagon of coconuts, which are split over a sharp blade (5:29-6:10). A woman prods cacao pods off the tree trunk. She picks them up with a sharp stick and into a basket on her head. A man uses a machete to open the pod and extract the white cacao seeds (6:22-7:46). The Orinoco River is shown (8:13-8:32), as are cattle ranches (8:57). Fisherman throw shore nets I; their catch displayed, one is fileted (9:03-10:05). Horses drink in a stream at Mucuchies (10:15-10:38). A man leads a donkey to a tile roof house with a center patio (10:39-11:10). A man makes a woven straw hat; his sandals are made from automobile tires (11:11-11:27). A woman spins wool (11:34-11:42). A man hews a wooden plow, which he and a team of oxen use up a steep hill (11:46-12:47). Wheat is trod by horses and thrown up into the air using shovels to separate the chaff. Cow-hide containers serve as…

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Running time

34 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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