Shot by an unknown American tourist, this silent 1930s home film shows scenes of everyday life from Bogota in Colombia. It mainly features people on streets going about their daily life. There is also some footage of nature such as rivers and a waterfall, as well as the cog railway ride up Monserrate Mountain.

0:06 views from a train weaving through the mountains, 0:36 people and cars on the streets of Bogota, El Globo Hotel in background 1:29 cars waiting to pass a checkpoint, 1:40 children posing for the camera and walking with pack animals, 2:16 people weaving hats out of straw, 2:43 a river flowing, 3:33 footage of people on the street filmed from a balcony, 4:37 a church. 5:00 children by a river and people on the street, tobacco store in background 5:43 women washing clothes by a river, 6:17 people in a more affluent part of the city, 6:27 streetcar or trolley car rumbles down the street, apparently on Avenida Chile 6:41 a soldier wearing a German type helmet keeps guard 7:10 people in a park, equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar in background 7:41 people lining up to have their picture taken with a box camera 8:32 different women some with kids, 9:34 an overview of the city from a mountain, 9:48 a cog railway or probably the Monserrate Funicular taking people up Monserrate Mountain, 10:22 a river flowing and a waterfall, possibly La Chorrera waterfall.

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