Caracas 1983 archive footage

Caracas 1983

Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while touring Venezuela in 1983. It includes stock footage of Caracas, the capital city: views from the deck of the cruise ship while approaching the port, downtown scenes of traffic and pedestrians, the Miraflores Palace (Palacio de Miraflores), views from the cruise ship while leaving the port, and […]

Venezuela 1959 archive footage

People relax on the beach in Venezuela in 1959

Archival footage created by a Venezuelan filmmaker in 1959. It contains stock footage of a huge fire in what is probably a oil refinery, a motor race, a ceremony in Bolivar Plaza in Caracas, people having fun on a beach and a lot of scenes shot inside Colegio Santa Rosa de Lima in Caracas (a […]

Caracas (Fidel Castro) 1959 archive footage

Car with Fidel Castro image in Caracas, Venezuela on January 1959

Archival footage shot by a Venezuelan filmmaker. It contains unique stock footage of Fidel Castro first state visit as Cuban President in Venezuela in January 1959, a couple weeks after his entry in Havana. The film was shot in Caracas, at the Central University where he met the famous poet Pablo Neruda (also featured in […]