World bank

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.

Credits

producer

James Lipscomb

production company

United States Information Agency

Duration

00:26:41:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1968

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

32149

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1968

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