Daily life in Bolivia in the 1950's -- Film 15136

Bolivia. Map of South America, showing the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and the Equator. Bolivia appears on it. 10 degree south marked, as is the Tropic of Capricorn. Bolivia lies entirely within the tropics. Map showing Bolivia and its neighbours - Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Peru. Country divided into two contrasting regions. North east tropical plain, south west mountains. Temperature and rainfall statistics. Map shows Humboldt current. Map shows principal cities of Bolivia. The Andes Plateau - vast plateau. The Altiplano - links the eastern and Western cordilleras. Woman and child walking down path in country. Background of broken countryside. Large snow covered mountain. Glacier. Mountain. Barren plateau in front of mountain. Mining city. Tin mining. Wagon loads of tin ore. Tin mining. Women breaking ore by hand with hammers. Barren plateau. Sheep and people. Man digging crop of potatoes with rudimentary tool. Barren plateau. Llamas. Woman spinning wool in front of some sheep. Llamas. Driving llamas to market. The Central Basin The basis of the Altiplano seen from the air. man walking through a cloud of dust raised by wind. Altiplano. The dust is dangerous t to the lungs. No trees. Cultivated areas of the Altiplano seen from the air. Lake Titicaca? Farmer with sheep and cattle by irrigation canal. Peasants threshing and winnowing corn by hand. Peasant woman weaving outdoors. A spinning mill. Women working in spinning mill. A woman worker's slow movements are partly due to the altitude and partly due to undernourishment. La Paz. La Paz airport, the highest in the world. La Paz surrounded by mountains. The Eastern Andes Banana tree? People walking past trees, mountains behind him. Junga ? region of Bolivia. fertile valleys. Cinchona trees grown for bark to make quinine. Vines grown on slopes of mountains. A woman and child working on a terrace. Bananas on a banana tree. Women tending coca plants, used to make cocaine. Weighing coca leaves. Transport & Communications Women loading a donkey on a barren plain. Caravan of laden llamas. Caravan going down rocky track. Dust blowing. Llamas, tractors in background. Twisting mountain road. Map of Bolivia. Only 4000 miles of roads in Bolivia. Map shows road from La Paz to Santa Cruz and Sucre via Cochabamba. Railway lines shown coming south from Peru passing through Oruro with branch line to Potosi. Railway from La Paz and Potosi to the Pacific. Aircraft landing. Trinidad. Clouds seen from aircraft. Aircraft being serviced. Plough being hauled onto aircraft by peasants. Loaded donkey with women and children. Barren plain. Women and children on barren plain. Mountains seen from the air.