This is Ecuador
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1994.19.57
name: label: Collection Film distributor
content: Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services
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content: Penn State educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (8 minutes, black-and-white sound; 288 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film produced by the United States Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs on Ecuador's geography, educational and religious institutions and the development of natural resources. Film also examines country's strategic importance in securing Panama Canal from German attack during WWII. Scenes shown include Galapagos Islands, the docks of Quito, University of Quito, United States advisors training Ecuadorian pilots in Salinas and then president Carlos Arroyo Del Rio speaking on need to prevent Axis takeover of South America and the need to insure the security of the western hemisphere.

Legacy Keywords: Kenneth Richter ; South America ; Ecuador ; Quito (Ecuador) ; Galapagos Islands ; Panama Canal (Panama)