- Title: CF862
- Date:1920s
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Summary:
10:00:28-10:04:19
Map of South America, animated boat leaving from central america toward Chile and Peru. 'Talara, Peru, an oil town on the arid coast.' Old fashioned cars in small town, small handcars, rudimentary railcarts on tracks. Man stands next to donkeys. Oil Rigs in desert. View of coastline in Peru. VS Lima, colonial buildings, town hall. Spanish Colonial style architecture. Colonial Cathedral Lima. HA shot boulevard, Model T fords on the road. Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the American Ambassador meeting in courtyard. Augusto Leguia, President of Peru in botanic garden. Good shot of a road with a man riding a donkey down it. Swarm of birds over water and landing on the surface. People play shuttle game on the deck of a ship.
10:04:09-10:09:00
VS ships unloading cargo, passengers disembarking. USS Rochester, greeted by Rear Admiral Latimer. Naval officers on board lined up to greet the RA. General Pershing meeting delegates. Oil refinery plant on the coast of Peru and Chile, waves crash against the shore. Crates lifted by crane onto the deck of a ship.
10:09:00-10:10:54
Loading copper bars onto the ship using pulleys and rigs. Ships landing in Valparaiso, Chile, inspecting Chilean roads with engineers and government officials. Sign showing off the new concrete roads. Signs in Spanish asking for the improvement of roads. Good horse and carts down a dusty street. - TYPE:
- DATE:1920s
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- Colour:B&W
- Keywords:PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY,LATIN AMERICA, PERU, TALARA, OIL,LIMA, CHILE, NATURAL RESOURCES, SANTIAGO DE CHILE, ANDES, HIGH ALTITUDE RAILWAY
- Master Title:CF862
- Segment:1
- Sound:Silent