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The Bright Land

1959 30 min
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This short documentary from Morten Parker takes audiences on a tour of the islands in the West Indies Federation, circa 1959. While there, we see the various resources of the islands, including sugar, coffee, bananas, oil, and bauxite.

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This short documentary from Morten Parker takes audiences on a tour of the islands in the West Indies Federation, circa 1959. While there, we see the various resources of the islands, including sugar, coffee, bananas, oil, and bauxite.

Developing Countries Agriculture Economics Tourism All subjects
  • director
    Morten Parker
  • script
    Morten Parker
  • executive producer
    Guy Glover
  • photography
    Robert Humble
  • sound
    Claude Pelletier
  • editing
    Brian Keene
  • sound editing
    Pierre Lemelin

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