Newsflash from the past / narrated by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil ; produced by Centro de Education Popular.

Program Title:
Newsflash from the past / narrated by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil ; produced by Centro de Education Popular.
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0731
Description: 

Historical dramatization in a news documentary format about the Spanish arrival and conquest of South America.

r.1. 1. Columbus prepares his voyage (3:04) ; 2. Funding from the Catholic Monarchs (3:09) ; 3. Columbus' crew (2:45) ; 4. October 12 (2:42) ; 5. They traded gold for mirrors (4:08) ; 6. Columbus returns (2:58) ; 7. The Papal Bull over America (2:29) ; 8. The First battles (2:34) ; 9. Taxes are levied (2:48) ; 10. Burned alive for committing sacrilege (3:15) ; 11. Dispute over Brazil (3:26) ; 12. The Pearl divers (3:15) ; 13. Hatuely's death (2:45) ; 14. Collective suicides (3:25) ; 15. Montesino's sermon (2:53) ; 16. Balboa "discovers" the Pacific (4:05) ; 17. The First Baptisms (3:12) ; 18. Land claims (2:49) ; 19. Naming America (2:30) ; 20. Enriquillo's revolt (2:53) ; 21. Cortes burns his boats (3:26) ; 22. The Sacking of the palace (2:40) ; 23. New weapons : powder (2:42) ; 24. The Fall of the Aztec empire (3:20) ; 25. Native resistance (2:58) ; 26. Portrait of a Conquistador (3:39) -- r.2. 27. Cuauhtemoc (2:38) ; 28. Weiser's country (4:30) ; 29. The Conquest of Peru (3:23) ; 30. The Price of Atahualpa's head (2:41) ; 31. The Fall of the Incan Empire (3:14) ; 32. Ruminahui sets fire to Quito (3:32) ; 33. New Diseases : smallpox (3:07) ; 34. Chibcha tombs desecrated (4:16) ; 35. Do Indians have souls? (3:19) ; 36. Gold in the volcano (3:58) ; 37. Bordello on board (3:12) ; 38. The Assassination of Bishop Valdivieso (3:53) ; 39. The Pizarros and the Almagros ; 40. Araucan resistance (3:35) -- r.3. 41. The Slavery of Native women (3:18) ; 42. The Mayan library is burned (4:42) ; 43. Inquisition tortures (4:08) ; 44. Forced labour in the mines (4:43) ; 45. Massive coca consumption (4:43) ; 46. Miners exploited to death (4:12) ; 47. America's silver spoon (3:22) ; 48. Padre Jose de Anchieta (3:59) ; 49. The American potato (3:00) ; 50. Forbidden to dance (4:17) ; 51. Wild dogs (4:25) ; 52. Genocide of Native peoples (4:39).

r.1. 1. Columbus prepares his voyage (3:04) ; 2. Funding from the Catholic Monarchs (3:09) ; 3. Columbus' crew (2:45) ; 4. October 12 (2:42) ; 5. They traded gold for mirrors (4:08) ; 6. Columbus returns (2:58) ; 7. The Papal Bull over America (2:29) ; 8. The First battles (2:34) ; 9. Taxes are levied (2:48) ; 10. Burned alive for committing sacrilege (3:15) ; 11. Dispute over Brazil (3:26) ; 12. The Pearl divers (3:15) ; 13. Hatuely's death (2:45) ; 14. Collective suicides (3:25) ; 15. Montesino's sermon (2:53) ; 16. Balboa "discovers" the Pacific (4:05) ; 17. The First Baptisms (3:12) ; 18. Land claims (2:49) ; 19. Naming America (2:30) ; 20. Enriquillo's revolt (2:53) ; 21. Cortes burns his boats (3:26) ; 22. The Sacking of the palace (2:40) ; 23. New weapons : powder (2:42) ; 24. The Fall of the Aztec empire (3:20) ; 25. Native resistance (2:58) ; 26. Portrait of a Conquistador (3:39) -- r.2. 27. Cuauhtemoc (2:38) ; 28. Weiser's country (4:30) ; 29. The Conquest of Peru (3:23) ; 30. The Price of Atahualpa's head (2:41) ; 31. The Fall of the Incan Empire (3:14) ; 32. Ruminahui sets fire to Quito (3:32) ; 33. New Diseases : smallpox (3:07) ; 34. Chibcha tombs desecrated (4:16) ; 35. Do Indians have souls? (3:19) ; 36. Gold in the volcano (3:58) ; 37. Bordello on board (3:12) ; 38. The Assassination of Bishop Valdivieso (3:53) ; 39. The Pizarros and the Almagros ; 40. Araucan resistance (3:35) -- r.3. 41. The Slavery of Native women (3:18) ; 42. The Mayan library is burned (4:42) ; 43. Inquisition tortures (4:08) ; 44. Forced labour in the mines (4:43) ; 45. Massive coca consumption (4:43) ; 46. Miners exploited to death (4:12) ; 47. America's silver spoon (3:22) ; 48. Padre Jose de Anchieta (3:59) ; 49. The American potato (3:00) ; 50. Forbidden to dance (4:17) ; 51. Wild dogs (4:25) ; 52. Genocide of Native peoples (4:39).

Date Recorded on: 
Prim Video and Above Berlin Studios, Montreal & Quebec, Canada, July 1992.
Date Broadcast on: 
-0-
Total duration (All reels): 
3 reels (178 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., stereo.
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1992.
Rights Summary: 
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