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Traffic on streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina and workers widen Santa Fe Street.

History related exhibits at a museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina. View of the Recoleta Cemetery. People walk and shop at an outdoor market in Buenos Aires. Traffic in downtown district, mixing pedestrians, horses, horse carts, cars and trucks. Workers widen Santa Fe street. Vehicles drive past on Avenida Alvear that leads to Palermo.

Date: 1929
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043509
Visit by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover to Argentina in 1928, and 1929 scenes of Puerto Nuevo on La Plata River in Argentina.

Herbert Hoover visits Argentina during his tenure as Secretary of Commerce . The secretary, later President Herbert Hoover, walks beside President Hipólito Yrigoyen, surrounded by other officials. A year later, visiting delegates from the Second Pan American Highway Congress are seen walking toward the entrance of the President's home to pay respects to President Irigoyen. Christopher Columbus monuments behind the Casa Rosada (Casa de Gobierno) in Buenos Aires. Scene changes to the Puerto Nuevo port on La Plata River. Electric cranes and lighting equipment at shipyard. Crane transfers goods from docks to waiting ships. Ships docked at harbor. Horses take rest. The "Frigorifico La Negra" refrigerating plant for chilling and freezing meats, and a Wool warehouse.

Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043508
Argentine Army revolts against President Castillo and takes over Government building in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentine President Castillo is overthrown by revolution in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine Army revolts against the President. Army takes over the Government building. Men revolt in large number. Soldiers try to control them. Artillery on the street. Wreckage in a house. Vehicles move on street. Men destroy the vehicles. Bombarding and firing on the street. Smoke arises. Army leaders watch the activities of the men from the balcony of a building. Flag on the building. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028528
A huge crowd of civilians and military leaders mourn the death of Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mourning for Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A large crowd gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor Building to mourn the death of Eva Peron. The civilians and the military leaders arrive for mourning. Men and women emerge out of the building after offering prayers. Flowers inside the building. Military officers leave the building. Bouquets laid in rows. A huge photograph of Eva Peron inside the building. People waiting in a line outside the building.

Date: 1952, July 31
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069999
A crowd gathers in a political rally to show support for the Peron-Peron ticket in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentines gather for a political rally to support Perons in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The unions hold a mass rally of two million people called "Cabildo Abierto". The rally is conducted to support Argentine General and politician Juan Domingo Peron for getting the ticket of President and his wife Eva Peron for Vice President candidature. General Juan and Eva Peron arrive. Large crowds gather and hold banners and slogans. Eva addresses the crowd from the balcony of a building.

Date: 1951, August 27
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071430
United States interests in South America and Latin America just before World War 2, and German presence in the Americas

Opening scene shows U.S. State Department officials of the Division of the American Republics in a meeting. They examine a map titled "Inter-American Highway" showing a proposed highway running from the border of the U.S. and Mexico at Laredo Texas, all the way through Mexico, Latin America, and into South America. View of South American farmers loading hay into a horse cart, then of cattle in a stockyard being herded by a cowboy on a horse. Aerial view of city of Rio de Janeiro Brazil circa 1938. Narrator discusses threat of dictatorships in countries of South America. Views of German ships and German contracted ships loading and unloading at Buenos Aires harbor. Narrator describes system of barter where Argentina sends goods to Germany in exchange for German-made goods. Swastika flag on one of the cargo ships. Dock crane with German sign "Deutsche Maschinenfabrik A.G. Duisburg". Letters on side of a ship reads 'Buenos Aires Maru'. Supplies unloaded from ship. Cargo stacked including wooden boxes with German writing labeled "Vorsicht - San Paulo Brasilien". In a Latin American or South American city, view of the storefront for luxury goods by Herm Stoltz & Co. A Nazi German flag hangs above the store entrance. Fine leather goods, cameras, figurines, steins, etc from Germany are shown in store window displays. View of Nazi German books on display in storefronts, including closeup of translated book "Mein Kampf" ("Mi Lucha") by Adolf Hitler, bearing an image of Hitler on front cover. A German passenger aircraft parked at an airfield, which narrator describes as being part of a German airline offering service to South America within two days of Berlin, Germany. More German airplanes are shown at an airport in South America. View of government offices in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Large crest with a bird atop an entrance. Interior office view of President Getúlio Vargas of Brazil seated in discussion with American diplomats. Narrator indicates that Vargas learned of German colonists in Brazil planning his overthrow by assassination, and therefore outlawed all Nazi activity. Poster of Vargas communicating his policies. Scene switches to exterior view of the State, War, and Navy Building (later the Executive Office Building) in Washington DC, with the First Division Monument in the foreground. Interior view of office door bearing sign for Under Secretary of State. Inside, Sumner Welles is seen in discussion with officials. He is asked about the American attitude toward Latin America. Welles describes the importance of strengthening ties between the countries of the Americas. Under Secretary Welles states that the welfare of all of the countries in the region may depend on their continued solidarity.

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051779