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Historic Brazil Film Collection - An Exploration of Brazil in the 1940's, Its Culture, the People, World War Ii Involvement, a Travelogue of the City of Belo Horizonte and More | 
| Category: DVD
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Seller: the_historical_archive
Sales Rank: 285112
Region: 0
ASIN: B000TXV4TE
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Product Description
Brazil, a lush country full of rain forests, natural resources and intelligent
people has always held a bit of mystery and wonder. This collection of five
films from the 1940s explores all aspects of Brazilian life and their place in
the world - wich beautiful scenery and glimpses of the lives of the people and
the effects of government decisions during WWII. All films are in English and
the collection has a total run time of 1 hour 5 minutes.
Here are the five films in this collection:
Belo Horizonte (1949) - An exploration of the planned city Belo Horizonte -
showcasing its industry, progressive social programs for its citizens,
etnertainment and every day life in this fabulous city.;
Brazil Gets the News (1942) - An exploration of the Sao Paulo newspaper,
Agazeta highlighting that it is as "modern" and "free" as any other world
newspaper. It is an interesting film as at the time, there was still
censorship in Brazilian news reporting.;
Brazil: South American Medley (1948) - A wonderful travelogue of Brazil,
highlighting its people, industry, customs and various climates throughout the
country.;
Brazil at War (1943) - A film praising Brazil for its decision to join the
Allies in the fight against Hitler and Germany at the height of WWII.;
Good Neighbor Family (1943) - This film compares and contrasts typical
Brazilian families with their typical counterparts in the United States. It
includes comparisons of rich, middle class and poor people in both countries.
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