Civic Action, Guatemala, Central America Part 1

Description

Small bridge under construction near village of Quetzaltenango. Civilian volunteers and military personnel working on the bridge. VS, civilians working on the bridge. CUs, Guatemalan officers. Soldiers carrying rocks. LS, bridge. VS, Indian ruins near village of Tecpan (excellent). TV antenna on top of building of USIA center in Tecpan. Tilt down to natives passing in front of the building. HLS, Guatemala City in Valley of Las Vacas. Addtl scenes of bridge under construction. Two Guatemalan officers standing with civilian foreman. US Maj. Krueger and Guatemalan Col. Diaz watching convoy of heavy army road equipment moving out of Guatemala City. Convoy drives thru streets of business section as people watch. HSs, equipment convoy driving across large modern steel bridge. Bulldozers being loaded onto barge by huge dock crane at Puerto Barrios.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection