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Extent:
1 Film reel (19 minutes, black-and-white sound; 709 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1942
Scope and Contents:
Edited film produced by the United States Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs for the Office of War Information on life in the Bolivian altiplano. Film traces development of the large Petaca potato hacienda from scattered indian villages surrounding Lake Titicaca. Scenes include reed fishing boats on the lake, Aymara women setting up a loom, spinning and weaving, children herding sheep, pigs and burros, men and women working in the fields, plowing, harvesting grain crops and potatoes. Also recorded is the visit of the Hacienda patron, beginning use of modern farm machinery for planting barley, and a fiesta celebrating a religious holiday or harvest with Aymara wearing tall headdresses and ceremonial "neck pieces."
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Penn State educational film collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
