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Burning Continent

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Abstract
Landscape of the Cordillera. Chile: Santiago is the capital of the state: streets, public on the streets, traffic. The people welcomed the President - Salvador Allende. S. Allende's speech at the rally. Meeting of the Chilean Congress. Speech by the General Secretary of the Communist Party L. Corvalan. Mining of copper ore at the Chuki KamAZ deposit. Production processes at a metallurgical plant where copper is smelted. Members of the Leones golf club play golf, relax in the club. "Pan Riot" in Santiago. Chilean anti-fascist demonstrations. Cuba: A Chronicle of the Cuban Revolution. Mexico: A Chronicle of the 1910 Peasant War. Peru: Peruvian President Velasco Alvarado among the people, hugging the peasants, eating with them at the same table. Sugarcane harvesting. Military parade in the capital of Peru - Lima. Refinery in Peru. Divine service in the Cathedral of Lima on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of independence. Festive carnival. Views of the Akatama Desert, "the lost city of the Incas" in the mountains. Oil production in South America, banana picking. Venezuela: oil production, police dispersal of a demonstration protesting against N. Rockefeller's visit to the country. Life of the inhabitants of the poor quarters of Lima. Spain: footage of the chronicle of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1937, the USA: training of soldiers in the US army. Landscapes of Tierra del Fuego. Chile: oil production. Venezuela: views of the capital - Caracas: streets, buildings, the public in the streets, the Spanish cathedral of the 17th century. Bullfighting at the stadium of Caracas. Panama: head of government, General O. Torrijos, in the agricultural cooperative "Steps of the Revolution", talking with the people. Views of the Panama Canal. The ships pass along the canal. Types of Panama, the village of "Hollywood" - the area of the Panamanian poor. Demonstration in Panama in support of the government of O. Torrijos.
Director
R. Carmen, D. Borshevsky, A. Haight
Color
Color
Film ID
24461
Keywords
social and political movement
, mining industry
, fuel industry
, metallurgy
, armed forces
, civil war in spain
, higher bodies of state power
, christianity
, water transport
, festivities
, state holidays
, entertainment
, landscapes
, agriculture
, cities
, peoples life
Meterage
3689
Number of Parts
14
Operators
A. Kochetkov
Release Date
1972
Sound