“ COLOMBIA – LAND OF CONTRAST ” 1960s TRAVELOGUE MEDELLIN, CARTAGENA, CALI, BOGOTA XD78115

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This 1960s travel film looks at some of the attractions in Colombia’s major cities to highlight the contrast present in the country. The camera team visits Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Medellin, Cali, and Bogota. In each of these cities and on the journey in between, the film contrasts modern buildings with Spanish colonial architecture, and sprawling cities with a picturesque countryside. The film starts and ends with the Tequendama Falls, which are what started the narrator’s obsession for Colombia. 0:06 Passed by the Committee on Motion Pictures of the American College of Surgeons, 0:12 B.F. Goodrich sponsorship, 0:19 “Colombia – Land of Contrast”, 0:31 directed by Robert Baron, 0:34 the narrator looking at a picture book of Colombia, 0:50 Tequendama Falls, 1:07 a map of Colombia, 1:47 view out of an airplane window, 1:55 line where Caribbean ocean meets the water of the Magdalena river, 2:14 aerial view of Barranquilla, 2:28 narrator comes out of the plane, 2:35 the beach of Pradomar, 2:54 city shots from Barranquilla, 3:15 Sears Department store in Barranquilla, 3:34 coffee being loaded onto a ship, 3:49 a Mississippi type Sternwheeler, 4:13 a steel barge full of cargo that is pushed by the steamer, 4:31 flight to Santa Marta with a village in the middle of a lake, 4:53 the Santa Marta Andes, 5:26 banana trees at a plantation, 5:41 aerial overview of the harbor of Santa Monica, 5:53 estate of San Pedro Alejandrino with the memorial to Simon Bolivar, 6:16 La Pulpa in Cartagena, 7:19 Fort San Felipe, 7:36 the Hotel del Caribe, 8:00 colorful buses, 8:15 shots from inside the old city of Cartagena, 8:54 the inquisition house, 9:02 San Pedro Claver Church, 9:11 close up map of Colombia, 9:30 Hotel Nutibara in Medellin and a fashion show, 10:16 Medellin street views, 11:12 a football game at the Medellin Stadium, 11:40 horse races at the Medellin racetrack, 12:14 a Finca in the countryside with many different orchids, 12:51 mules being rounded up, 13:24 a coffee plantation, 14:01 a boat dredging the river bottom for gold, 14:25 different pieces of gold, 14:38 market with many artisan goods, 15:28 a leather artisan working on a bag, 15:53 men working on bamboo near the Kalka river, 16:18 street shots from Cali, 16:52 farmers harvesting sugarcane, 17:25 Alferez Real Hotel in Cali, 17:51 a village near the Ecuadorian border, 18:33 a harvest celebration, 18:48 Las Lajas Church, 19:02 a DC-6 landing in Bogota, 19:25 National University in Bogota, 19:41 street vendors selling flowers, 20:10 Plaza de Bolivar in Bogota, 20:40 Camarin del Carmen, 20:53 the Presidential Battalion guarding the palace, 21:18 the Colombian National Museum, 21:30 gold artefacts in the Bank of the Republic, 22:09 shots of Quinta Bolivar in Bogota, 22:16 monument to the Battle of Boyaca, 22:32 contrasting shots of old and new buildings in Bogota, 22:55 two mountains overlooking Bogota including a statue of Guadalupe, 23:14 a blue cable car going up Monserrate Mountain, 24:19 Lake Tota and people fishing for trout, 25:15 a man mining salt, 25:25 the inside of the Bogota Country Club including a pool, golf course, and tennis court, 26:00 a bull fight in a stadium, 27:24 different neon signs, 27:37 people dancing in a nightclub, 27:47 Tequendama Falls, 28:30 “The End” We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit