How the World bank plays a major role in helping countries to modernise is dramatised in this film. An official of the bank makes a trip to a country to make certain that the request for a $21 million loan to build a highway will indeed help to develop the area and really benefit the people of the country.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014320
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Banks and banking
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Banks and banking, American
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Banks and banking, American
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Economics
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)