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Title:

Manos a la obra : the story of Operation Bootstrap / a production of Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, City University of New York ; produced and directed by Pedro A. Rivera and Susan Zeig ; written by Pedro A. Rivera.

Publisher:

Distributed by the Cinema Guild,

Copyright Date:

©2005

Description:

1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Documentary films.
Puerto Rico--Economic policy.
Investments, American--Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico--Politics and government--1952-1998.
Puerto Rico--Social conditions.

Other Authors:

Zeig, Susan.
Rivera, Pedro Angel.
City University of New York. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños.
Cinema Guild.

Notes:

Documentary. Ilka Tanya Payan, narrator. Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.

Summary:

A documentary on Puerto Rico's "Operation Bootstrap," an economic development plan undertaken in the 1950s which was to attract U.S. capital and serve as a model for the Americas. Using newsreels, archival photographs, and excerpts from government propaganda films, examines the background and many problematic issues posed by the plan.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61708824

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)