Salvador Allende Backgrounder - Santiago
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How to cite this film
‘Chile Allende Backgrounder’, [newsfilm, online], 11 Sep 1973. https://test.learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z032780 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)
Technical Info
- Format / Codec
- MP4
- Source Format / Codec
- MOV
- Video Bitrate
- 800 kbps
- Audio Bitrate
- 128 kbps
- Frame Size
- 640 x 480
- Pixels Cropped At Encoding
- Top: 0, Bottom: 0, Left: 90, Right: 90
- Reason For Crop
- Removal of video noise
- Other Edits
- Video was trimmed of first 7 seconds to remove AP title card
- Slug
- Chile Allende Backgrounder
- Date
- 11 Sep 1973
- Dateline
- Santiago
- Script
- Material for obituary of Chilean President Salvador Allende who commited suicide after military coup.
- Shotlist
-
- 1. various of fighting in Santiago - tanks on streets soldiers fighting crowd running for cover
- 2. gv soldiers pushing crowd backwards
- 3. ms ambulance through street
- 4. ms soldiers pushing crowd
- 5. gv military convoy through street
- 6. ms troops marching through Santiago
- 7. ms smashed shop window
- 8. various of smashed cars on streets
- 9. various of Allende arriving to a room and sitting at desk
- 10. gv mass crowd and confetti on street
- 11. gv Allende and Cuban leader Fidel Castro on balcony zoom in
- 12. various of Allende and delegates arriving to the UN (United Nations) meeting
- 13. ms Allende speaking SOUNDBITE (Spanish) UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim seated next to him zoom out to gv
- 14. various of locked shops
- 15. gv street
- 16. various of the riots
- 17. ms large sign on street reading Frei Orrego
- 18. various of the election campaign posters headquarters and people working
- 19. various of the elections and vote counting NIGHT SHOTS
- 20. various of crowd with torches chanting at night
- Film status
- Syndicated
- Processing date
- 11 Sep 1973
- Processing location
- London
- Original film
- Colour Positive
- Original sound
- Magnetic Track
- Duration
- 00:03:46
- Sources
- AP Television
- NoS ID
- z032780
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How to cite this record
'Salvador Allende Backgrounder - Santiago', 11 Sep 1973. https://test.learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z032780 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)