Venezuela Public Works Project Clearing Slums - Caracas (1956)

Caracas, Venezuela. Documentation on file. LV. Pan across modern blocks of flats. AS. (air) Showing blocks of flats below. GV. President Marcos Perez Jimenez and officials walking to camera. TV. President cuts the ribbon. SV. Pan up at statue commemorating events. SV. The President looking at the statue. LV. Massed crowd of people walking towards the new flats. LV. New flats in distance with some people loading their belongings onto a lorry in the foreground. SV. People loading possessions onto a lorry SV. People loading a cupboard onto a lorry. GV. A house being blown up. GV. Another wall collapsing with a few spectators applauding. Explosion should be on the cut and the crash of the fall at 89. GV. Another house being demolished. Explosion on the cut and crash at 93. GV. People on a lorry passing the camera and driving towards a new block of flats. LV. Top. The flats. LV. Ditto. (Dupe Neg.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GR