- Title: F-9517
- Summary: ARGENTINE SOIL: ARGENTINA, 1940 SOUTH AMERICA
- Description:02:12:40 - MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, DR. DANIEL AMADEO Y VIDELA SPEAKS. TRANSLATED 02:13:14 - MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, DR. GUILLERMO ROTHE SPEAKS. TRANSLATED 02:13:39 - TILT DOWN BUILDING. BUENOS AIRES, CIRCA 1940. STREET SCENES. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. CASA ROSADA. PLAZA DE MAYO. 02:14:17 - AERIAL OVER BUENOS AIRE. CIRCA 1940 02:14:25 - TRANSPORTATION SEQUENCE: SMALL PLANE, TRAIN 02:14:39 - POV IN CAR ON PRIMITIVE HIGHWAY, CROSSING THE PAMPAS. PRAIRIES. 02:14:53 - "THE CAMP" ARGENTINIAN GOUCHOS. HERDSMEN. FIESTA. HORSEMEN RIDING BAREBACK BREAKING WILD HORSES. 02:15:50 - ARGENTINIAN COUNTRY DANCE TO SAMBA MUSIC 02:16:05 - CATTLE MARKET. CORRALLED CATTLE 02:16:18 - HERD OF CATTLE GRAZING IN PLAINS, IN CORRALS. HERDSMEN. GAUCHOS. 02:16:40 - SHEEP HERDING. WOOL INDUSTRY. HUGE BANDS OF SHEEP. 02:17:00 - NATURAL RESOURCES. WATER FALLS. CATARACTS OF IGUACU. IGUASSU. PARANA RIVER. IGUACU FALLS. 02:17:54 - LUSH VEGETATION, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. FARMING. CULTIVATED LAND. WHEAT FIELDS. FARMERS HARVESTING. TILLING SOIL. HUGE GOURDS. CORN STALKS. CU EAR OF CORN ON STALK. FARMER SPRAYS CROPS USING HAND CRANKED SPRAYER. PESTICIDES. 02:19:30 - COTTON CROPS. WORKER PICKING COTTON. FILLING SACKS WITH COTTON BOLLS. 02:19:45 - WORKERS CHOPPING TEA PLANTS. HARVESTING TEA LEAVES 02:19:59 - SUGAR CANE CROPS. WORKERS HARVESTING CROPS 02:20:13 - PAN TOBACCO CROPS HARVESTING TOBACCO 02:20:22 - ACRES OF FOREST. SOUTH AMERICAN FOREST. LUMBER INDUSTRY. CHOPPING DOWN TREES. OXEN TEAM HAULS CUT TREES ON WOODEN CARTS. PILES OF LUMBER 02:21:30 - ARGENITNIAN ROADWAYS WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC. COUNTRY AND RURAL. 02:21:46 - PORT ACTIVITY CARGO LOADED ONTO SHIPS FOR EXPORT. 02:22:38 - FRUIT GROWING INDUSTRY. APPLE ORCHARD. PICKING APPLES, GRAPES. WOMAN HOLDS HER MOUTH OPEN, LETS GRAPES FALL INTO HER MOUTH. AERIAL OVER ROLLING ACRES OF VINEYARDS. CU WORKERS PICKING GRAPES. CARRY BASKETS ON HEADS TO TRUCKS. CULTIVATION OF WINE GRAPES. 02:24:16 - ARGENTINE WINERY. PROCESS OF MAKING WINE. CIRCA 1940 02:24:43 - SALT BEDS. FLATS. SALT INDUSTRY. WORKERS EMPTY WHEELBARROWS OF SALT INTO HUGE PILE OF SALT 02:25:13 - MINING INDUSTRY. MILLS. USING JACKHAMMER TO EXTRACT MINERALS FROM THE EARTH. 02:25:54 - COAL MINER PUT ON MINER'S HATS. ENTER COAL MINES. COAL MINING. 02:26:35 - COAL CARS ON PULLEYS OVERHEAD. PAN MILL. HUGE MACHINERY 02:27:00 - OIL WELLS. OIL DERRICKS. OIL INDUSTRY. 02:27:50 - DRILLING UNDERWATER FOR OIL. 02:28:03 - OIL TANKERS ON RAILROAD CARS 02:28:15 - RIO DE LA PLATA. RIVER PLATE. WATERWAYS. SOUTHERN ARGENITNA. LAKES. SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS 02:29:40 - FISHERMEN AT SEA. FISHERMAN ON WATCH WITH BULLHORN. FISHERMEN HAUL IN NETS. SEINING. FISHING WITH NETS. 02:30:35 - SUNSET OVER WATER 02:30:44 - YEARLY EXHIBITION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. CATTLE PARADED. ARGENTINE MEAT. FARMERS. HELD IN STADIUM. HORSES PARADED. HEAD OF THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT ORTIZ OR RAMON S. CASTILLO. PRIZE BULL, GRAND CHAMPION BULL. WITH RIBBONS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-9517