1959 - Color, Educational Film: Peru, People of the Andes (Second Edition)

Titles. Andes mountain scenes: snow-capped peaks, llamas, mountain streams. Map of South America, zoom in on Peru. Green valley in desert area of country. AV rainforest - Amazon river ? CUs tropical flowers, parrots & macaws. MCU aborigine tribesman blows poison dart, kills bird. CUs painted faces of Amazon tribes people. Map shows Indo empire prior to arrival of Spanish in 1532. Modern day Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia & Chile. Remains of ancient cities captured by Incas; CUs Inca artifacts. VS Inca fortress ruins, Macchu Picchu - huge blocks laid w/o mortar. 22:34:40 Peruvian highland Indians recreating Inca festival at Cuzco. Costumes, high priest carried aloft. HA pan across Cuzco. Spanish influence on architecture, churches. CUs mountain people in traditional dress: pure Indians & mixed-blood Mestizos. Llama herd thru ancient center of Cuzco. Chincheros Valley - Indian farmer harvesting potatoes w/ help of family. Cattle grazing, originally introduced by Spaniards. Llamas & alpaca sheep on mountain ridge & in green valley - grazing. Woman drives sheep herd back to village, wool most important export. 22:38:28 Peruvian Indian woman weaving colorful blanket w/ hand loom. Highland farming family eating outside house, CUs men chewing coca leaves - mild narcotic to reduce hunger or fatigue, drinking corn beer. Children on way to rural school past Inca defense wall. Children play basketball. Harvesting wheat, dried in sun, threshed in open field by farmer w/ oxen. Separating wheat from chaff. Villagers harvesting potatoes (?) on rocky hillside. 22:41:29 Laborers work on hacienda land owned by landlord, carrying out tasks assigned by overseer. VS busy marketplace - bartering. Church bell rings to announce fiesta, feast of harvest time, decorated mules, Christian ceremony w/ traditional dancing, costumes & masks. Women talking. 22:43:48 Men working in mines, drilling, large shovels & trucks. Indians gaining economic strength, minerals transported to coast on highest standard gauge railway in world. Map showing capital of Lima & port of Callao. 22:45:07 HA pan across square in Lima - VS grand architecture - ancient & modern w/ large modern building. Street scenes - fade back to rural farming scene. Travelogues; Tourism; South America; Agriculture; Commerce; Poverty; Geography; History; Educational film; NOTE: Any continuous one minute sold at per reel price.