Pan Am Travelogue Argentina "New Horizons" Buenos Aires 61654 (1965)

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This 1965 color film on Argentina is one of a series of Pan Am New Horizons travelogues. It is a F.D. and I.L. Kay and Film Authors Production and narrated by Duncan Pirnie. A Pan American Jetliner lands and passengers disembark (:50- 1:02 ). The film opens with a bird’s eye view of Buenos Aires ( 1:04 - 1:27 ). A square is full of pigeons ( 1:28 ) outside the subway station ( 1:32 ). A traffic cop blows his whistle and directs traffic ( 1:34 ). Busses and cars drive past ( 1:35 - 2:00 ). A man on a Vespa scooter pulls a cart full of children ( 2:02 - 2:08 ). A man sleeps on stacks of objects in the back of an open truck ( 2:12 ). People eat at outdoor cafes ( 2:14 - 2:20 ). A street vendor pours a cup of coffee to a passenger in a car ( 2:23 - 2:31 ). Inside a coffee bar, a line of coffee cups are filled ( 2:32 - 2:38 ). Shown are The Congress Building ( 2:39 - 2:49 ), the horseback statue of Jose de San Martin ( 2:50 ), the Casa Rosada pink house ( 2:57 - 3:08 ) and the changing of the guard ( 3:09 - 3:27 ). The Avenida Santa Fe street is full of well-dressed shoppers ( 3:28 - 3:38 ). A woman in a blue shift dress wears pearls, red gloves, and sunglasses ( 3:39 ). Another store features items symbolic of gauchos ( 3:59 - 4:17 ). A woman tries on a vicuna wool scarf ( 4:19 ). Cattle are barbequed over a large burning open pit ( 4:30 ). A man pours a glass of wine from a large bottle in a basket ( 4:35 ). A construction crew cooks steaks over a plywood fire ( 4:44 - 5:08 ).…

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13 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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