- Title: VM-1174
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "OPERATION AMIGO" CIVIL ACTION AT WORK IN LATIN & SOUTH AMERICA WITH ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY MEMBERS OF THE U. S. ARMY. ROAD-BUILDING, MEDICAL HELP AND EDUCATION FOR THE MASSES ARE DEMONSTRATED AS THEY HAPPENED. BOLIVIA, ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA ARE FEATURED.
- Description:00:01:15 - MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. PAN OF THE ALTO BENE REGION OF BOLIVIA. MONTAGE UNDER SUPERVISION OF U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS, NATIVES USES BOLO KNIVES AND BULLDOZERS TO CLEAR OUT JUNGLE BRUSH 00:02:01 - TURNING WORLD GLOBE. 00:03:28 - MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. CAMERA ZOOMS TO BOLIVIA 00:03:43 - CITY OF LA PAZ, "CITY OF PEACE", 13,000 FEET UP IN THE BOLIVIAN ANDES. PAN 00:03:50 - PEOPLE CARRYING THEIR LUGGAGE EXIT PLANE AT LA PAZ AIRPORT. 00:04:02 - BECAUSE OF ALTITUDE, WOMAN IS MADE TO INHALE OXYGEN THROUGH MASK GIVEN TO HER & ALL NEW ARRIVALS AS THEY EXIT PLANE. 00:04:11 - OLD INDIAN WOMAN. WEARING BOLO FEDORA, CARRIES HUGE BUNDLE ON HER BACK AS SHE WALKS UP STEEP STREET AND OPEN MARKETPLACE IN TOWN. 00:04:52 - INDIAN WOMAN WEARING HER HAT & A PANCHO WALKS IN TOWN WITH HER FAMILY WITH MANY CHILDREN. 00:05:14 - PAN OF HUGE BARREN MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS WHERE MOST PEOPLE LIVE WHILE FERTILE LOWLANDS REMAIN VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS. 00:05:50 - NATIVE FAMILY SIT TO DINNER IN JUNGLE HOME. 00:06:00 - VILLAGE INDIAN WOMEN SHUCK CORN AS THEIR LITTLE GIRL PICKS THEM UP AND PLACES THEM IN PILE. INDIAN WOMAN STOOPS USES LADLE TO STIR HER POT ON OPEN FLAME 00:06:30 - U.S. OFFICER SUPERVISES 2 NATIVES USING BULLDOZER TO CUT ROAD THROUGH JUNGLE 00:06:39 - CU BLACK DOCTOR DABS FACE OF INDIAN WOMAN WITH SALVE AS SHE SITS OUTSIDE GRASS HUT. DOCTOR THEN GIVES CHILDREN, HELD BY THEIR MOTHERS, INJECTIONS WITH NEEDLE 00:07:15 - DOCTOR LOOKS INTO MOUTH OF YOUNG NATIVE MAN AS OTHERS WAIT ON LINE TO SEE HIM. 00:07:59 - INDIAN FAMILIES POUR OUT OF JUNGLE AND LINE UP FOR FREE MEDICAL ATTENTION, CLOTHING, SHOVELS AND FARM IMPLEMENTS. 00:08:20 - EACH FARMER RECEIVES ONE ROOSTER AND 2 HENS. 00:08:34 - HUGE PURE BRED BOAR IS ALSO GIVEN TO EACH INDIAN COMMUNITY FOR BREEDING WITH THEIR SOWS. 00:08:53 - GRASS HUT GIVEN TO EACH INDIAN FARMER, ALONG WITH 30 ACRES OF FERTILE LAND. 00:08:58 - WOMAN POUNDS GRAIN WITH A HEAVY BATTERING POLE. 00:09:11 - BOLIVIAN ARMY SOLDIERS, USING BOLO KNIVES, CLEAR FARM LAND OUT OF JUNGLE . 00:09:31 - FARMERS GATHER AROUND YOUNG INSTRUCTOR, WHO SHOWS THEM TYPE OF PLANTS TO GROW, THAT IS SUITABLE TO LAND AND THE MARKETPLACE. 00:10:08 - CU HOE, WIELDED BY FARMER, CHOPPING AWAY AT JUNGLE SOIL. 00:10:19 - FARMERS OF VILLAGE USE SIEVES TO STRAIN WHEAT ONTO HUGE COMMON PILE AS OTHERS POUND WHEAT WITH POLES TO SEPARATE GRAIN FROM STALKS. 00:10:33 - MOTHERS AND CHILDREN SIT ON GROUND OUTSIDE HUTS, LITTLE GIRL SCRATCHES STOMACH OF PUPPY 00:10:38 - VILLAGE MEN LOOK OVER SHOULDERS & KIBBITZ PAIR PLAYING CHECKERS ON GROUND 00:10:45 - CHILDREN PLAY AND SWIM IN JUNGLE WATER HOLE. 00:13:04 - COLOMBIA CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON MAP 00:13:25 - MONTAGE COLOMBIAN ARMY INSTRUCTOR GIVES WRITING LESSONS TO YOUNG ARMY RECRUITS AT AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. 00:13:54 - PICTURESQUE TOWN OF FOSCA, HIGH UP IN RUGGED MOUNTAINS OF COLOMBIAN ANDES. WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARMS WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA UP LONG NARROW STREET WITH MOUNTAIN RANGE IN BACKGROUND. 00:14:05 - TWO MEN CARRY 2 SIDES OF MEAT, ON SHOULDERS HANGING ON POLE BETWEEN THEM. 00:14:27 - TOWN PRIEST SPEAKS ON MIKE TO TOWNSPEOPLE & SOLDIERS GATHERED AROUND HIM IN TOWN. 00:14:33 - SMALL GROUP OF SOLDIERS PLAYING ACCORDION, DRUMS, MARACAS AND OTHER INSTRUMENT, ARE FOLLOWED BY CHILDREN AS THEY PLAY WHILE WALKING UP STREET. 00:14:57 - CU PAN OF PRODUCE BROUGHT INTO TOWN BY FARMERS FOR SALE. 00:15:22 - COLOMBIAN ARMY VETERAN, EXAMINE MANY HORSES & MULES BROUGHT INTO VILLAGE BY AREA FARMERS. 00:15:43 - ARMY MEN SET UP PROJECTOR TO SHOW MOVIES TO THE CHILDREN. 00:15:50 - SOLDIERS FIX POTS AND PANS, REPAIR SHOES & GIVE CHILDREN HAIRCUTS. CU SMALL BOY DOESN'T LIKE IT. MEDICINE IS GIVEN OUT OVER COUNTER. 00:16:33 - CU SOLDIER SHAKES HIS MARACAS. PEOPLE GATHER AROUND SMALL BAND AS THEY PLAY NATIVE MUSIC. 00:16:48 - DERRICK, BULLDOZER OPERATED BY SOLDIERS SCOOPS OUT AND SPREAD DIRT FOR SMALL AIRSTRIP. HUGE METAL ROLLERS ARE PULLED TO SOFTEN THE GROUND. 00:17:26 - SOLDIERS WORK WATER PURIFICATION PLANT. SOLDIER STICKS HAND IN MUCK TAKEN FROM WATER AFTER PURIFICATION, SHOWS IT TO OTHER SOLDIERS 00:17:54 - SOLDIERS FILL WHEELBARROW WITH LARGE ROCKS TAKEN FROM PILE OF ROCKS, AND USED FOR ROAD-BUILDING PROJECT. 00:18:16 - CU SOLDIER USES JACK HAMMER TO BREAK HARD GROUND OTHER SOLDIERS DIG WITH SHOVELS. 00:18:17 - CIVILIAN WORKERS AND SOLDIERS USE SHOVELS & PICK AXES TO BUILD ROAD ALONG MOUNTAINSIDE. U.S. ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS GIVE ADVISE TO BOLOVIAN SOLDIERS 00:19:17 - U.S. ARMY MEDIC DAUBS MEDICATION ON LIPS OF SMALL BOY, AS OTHER SOLDIERS GIVE INSTRUCTION TO CHILDREN AT AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. 00:20:20 - ECUADOR CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON MAP. PAN OF CAPITAL CITY OF QUITO, HIGH IN ANDES MOUNTAINS, 2 MILES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 00:20:40 - TWO U. S. GIS RIDE DOWN QUITO STREET IN JEEP, AS SEEN FROM BEHIND THEM. PAN OF STORE SIGNS AND STORES IN TOWN. 00:21:08 - INDIAN VENDORS WHO COME DOWN FROM HILLS, TO SELL THEIR FRUITS AND WARES IN CITY'S MARKETPLACE 00:21:53 - BLACK VENDOR TAKES PUFF FROM CIGAR AS HE SITS AT TABLE OF PRODUCE. 00:22:16 - CU WOMAN VENDOR SMILES BROADLY AS SHE FOLDS BLANKET. 00:22:29 - WORKER POURS SACK OF PEBBLES ON GROUND AS ANOTHER WORKER SPREADS IT WITH A HOE 00:22:42 - SMALL SHACKS OF A SLUM AREA ALONG HILLSIDE 00:22:55 - ARMY TANKER TRUCK DELIVERS PRECIOUS CLEAN WATER TO VILLAGES ALONG HILLSIDE. 00:23:00 - LITTLE KIDS SHADE THEIR EYES FROM THE SUN AS THEY WATCH SOLDIERS BUILD LARGE WATER TANK IN VILLAGE. 00:23:25 - KIDS GATHER AROUND TO WATCH SOLDIERS FILL 50 GALLON DRUMS WITH FRESH WATER FROM A TANKER TRUCK. SMALL BOY CARRIES A POT TO SITE AND WAITS AS IT IS FILLED WITH WATER. BOY LUGS THE WATER AWAY. 00:24:02 - LITTLE NUDE BOY TAKES SHOWER UNDER WATER SPOUT AS GI AND SMALL GIRL WATCH. 00:24:11 - SOLDIER DRILLS HOLE IN SIDE OF ROCK WITH A JACK HAMMER. HE PLACES TNT CHARGE IN HOLE, WAVES FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE COVER. CU GI'S HAND TWISTS SWITCH. SECTION OF HILL FALLS INTO PIECES. 00:24:40 - LONG LINE OF COLOMBIAN SOLDIERS WALK WITH SHOVELS ALONG DIRT ROAD ON MOUNTAINSIDE TO WORK ON IRRIGATION PROJECT. U. S. ADVISOR SHOWS THEM HOW TO SET UP IRRIGATION PUMP. 00:25:42 - SOLDIERS PUSH WHEELBARROWS OF DIRT FROM GULLY. 00:26:00 - TWO WORKERS USE LONG SAW TO MAKE PLANKS FROM LOG BY HAND 00:26:20 - TWO PRIESTS JOIN WORKERS PICKING UP SMOOTH ROCKS FROM STREAM AND LOADING THEM ON A TRUCK. 00:26:59 - U. S. AND COLOMBIAN OFFICERS SIT AT MEETING TABLE AND PLOT ON WALL MAP. 00:27:20 - CU MONTAGE MEDICS GIVES INJECTIONS WITH MECHANICAL INJECTOR GUN. 00:28:36 - WOMAN TEACHER GIVES INSTRUCTION TO TEENAGE MALE STUDENTS AT AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1963
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1174