New Horizons- Uruguay (1965)

this is a focus leader look like this soundtracks sound like moose or flank it's so you need this a focused leader first set your lens so that these lines are sharp and clear on all parts of the screen Now set the volume control on your projector the sound level should be adjusted until my voice can be clearly understood in all sections of the room you are now ready to participate in another an American Travel Adventure [Music] thank you in 1519 a Spanish sailor saw this mountain from afar motivated AOE cried meaning I see a mountain and to this day we know the capital of Uruguay as Montevideo Uruguay between Brazil and Argentina is one of the world's purest democracies The Traveler making the grand tour of South America is well advised to pause to take in the easy congenial mood of Uruguay's Metropolis Christmas in summertime south of the Equator the green Christmas is as traditional as the white Christmas in Northern lands [Applause] [Music] but the man can't go to the cafe the cafe will come to the man they will be delivered Anytime Anyplace the coffee is not Uruguay's national drinks that honor goes to mate the tea made from an herb the way one takes it is through a silver straw [Music] one feels comfortable in Uruguay the country is good-natured without being lightheaded intelligent without being ostentatious although outwardly a leisurely Pace Montevideo packs and processes meat catches and cans and freezes fish ships wool and Grain and beef to scores of distant Nations [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] the plaza named for the national hero Jose hervasio Ortigas the father of Uruguayan Independence Uruguay's presidential Palace houses the hemisphere's only government headed not by a man but by a committee of nine Executives if Uruguay's 19th century was turbulent and divisive her 20th century has been stable and utterly democratic her people are mostly of European descent primarily Spanish and Italian but also British [Music] [Applause] [Music] soccer is the game here as it is in most of South America [Music] [Applause] the country has a multi-party political system which makes the Congress a forum for True Democratic competition inside the Congressional building some 30 kinds of marble from the famous National quarries a woman's head is one of the random forms of the texture George Bernard Shaw or so they say of many years of hardship a single moment is Frozen in time and stoned La Carreta is one of the America's great monuments it honors Uruguay's pioneers antique Wheels Are An Elegant way to go to the beach [Music] the beach is the front yard for the capital's one million people who comprise in themselves one-third of Uruguay's population [Music] tradition dies hard antique cars are held in high esteem and the auctioneer is a full attention to the audience [Music] [Applause] First Impressions can be wrong this is not a barrel of beer foreign it is literally filled with semi-precious stones [Music] the agate [Music] the amethyst [Music] the amethysts and the topaz are embellished of course by the jeweler's art [Music] this is not a dollar sign it means pesos the price is much less in dollars another Uruguayan specialty is fur the nutria is not bred on farms but captured in the Wilds making they say for better fur a coat of red Antelope is another bargain worth looking into nutria comes in white too another item of affluence at a fraction of its price elsewhere in the world just outside Montevideo the cattle country begins with its typical ranch homes or estancias this is a common sight The Nest shaped like an old-fashioned oven gives the oven bird his name [Music] this is one of the world's most truly pastoral lands not only meat but hides and wine too are products of the rich Countryside the Gauchos here are the genuine article the way they dress the way they are has nothing to do with tourism foreign nation that big city types from Montevideo dress in the traditional costume of a Sunday [Music] a Gaucho's full regalia [Music] foreign [Music] another Uruguayan move at Punta Del Este a Haven for writers artists and socializing types from all over portugaleste is but two hours from Montevideo by car half an hour by plane [Music] [Applause] [Music] the beaches stretch for Miles good places to store up energy for the casino Polo the regattas the film festivals the deep sea fishing and all the other fun and games of those who find Uruguayan prices and Seascape an irresistible combination [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Montevideo at night [Music] The Traveler with a taste for New Horizons will like Uruguay there's a sense of belonging here many residents of Uruguay are multilingual Spanish of course is their native tongue but many also speak English French and other languages okay [Music] beautiful [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Carnival time in Uruguay head up emotions finally Unleashed gay abandoned and the sheer Joy of living this goes on until dawn and lasts a full week [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music]