This film made by the U.S. Army to educate soldiers about Latin America opens with footage of the lively festivals and stunning landscapes of Central and South America (:30). The host and narrator is Frank McGee (1:02) and he will depict the American view of Latin American Revolutions and will focus on Fidel Castro. He begins by describing the varying raw materials that can be drawn from the land, including copper, tin, zinc, petroleum and iron (1:25). Food commodities such as coffee, bananas, pineapples and sugar cane are shown as some of the products sent to the US and sent in return are industrial machinery and farming equipment (1:50). Examples of the mass of diverse countries which make up the Latin America’s follow such as Brazil (3:44) and Panama with it’s one million inhabitants (3:55). Footage of a Roman Catholic (5:04) church appears as it holds a strong influence over the countries. Workers are harvesting commodities (5:33) and most of these lands focus on one or two major exports. The effect of modernity is exemplified in the large metropolis’s (5:52). Oxen chomp on hay (6:12) and the sharp contrast to the cities are the vast country sides in which the lifestyle has not changed much. Footage of an older woman and child in front of a straw hut lead to the notion that poverty unifies many peoples in the different countries as well as decline in health and illiteracy (7:31). The host directs viewers to Venezuela (5:48) and the president Romulo Betancourt (8:51) whom had taken office after the revolution had removed Isaias Medina Angarita in 1959. From here attention is directed to Cuba (9:23) and footage of Fidel Castro (9:52). Images of guerrilla warfare in the city streets (10:00) leads to the success of the revolution in 1959. Newspaper headlines (12:56) reading ‘US cuts Cuba Sugar Sale by 95% flash upon the screen and turmoil had begun between the US and Fidel. Footage of Americans leaving Cuba (13:24) follow as diplomatic ties had been severed. Castro is speaking to the Cuban people (15:21) and protests against Nixon and America are depicted. Frank Mcgee reads a passage of a report from members of a committee from Congress whom had visited several Latin American countries (15:57). Afterwards some of the technical programs provided to these countries are shown (17:11). A plaque from the Organization of the American States established in 1948 by the Charter of Bogota to ‘achieve order of peace and justice, promote solidarity and defend the sovereignty and independence of member states’ appears at (17:19). The narrator explains plans to being a ten-year program for reform has begun and footage of former president Kennedy explaining the philosophy of it concludes this film (18:05). This piece had been presented by the Office Armed Forces Information and Education Department of Defense and produced by the Army Pictorial Center (19:25).

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