CARACAS: MOUNTAIN CAPITAL OF VENEZUELA is a short, silent travelogue film produced in the late 1920s or early 1930s for the Cunard White Star ship line, most likely by filmmaker Andre de la Varre who spent many years documenting the land and people of South America. The film shows views of Caracas including government buildings, streets bustling with automobile and horse traffic, the University, statue of Simon Bolivar (2:30), marketplace (3:00), and more. At 4:48 a motorcycle with a sidecar is seen. At 5:00 wider views of the city are shown, including the El Calvario church. At 6:20 a bullfight is shown. At 7:30 the winding mountain highway that links the city to the Caribbean is shown, ending at La Guaira.

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