Catalog of videos


1. Produced by the General Secretariat

- Keynote speeches
- Official Visits by Heads of State
- Andean Television Program (PTVA)

Our America
Andean testimony of our America
Special programs
Our America for children I
Our America for children II
Along the byways of our America

2. Videos produced by other organizations

- Andres Bello Convention
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Bolinvest Foundation
- World Trade Organization (WTO)

1. Produced by the General Secretariat

Keynote speeches

Speech by the President of Hungary, Arpad Göncz, at the Andean Community General Secretariat Headquarters
Date: November 18, 1999
Duration: 45 minutes
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish

Speech by the President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, at the Andean Community General Secretariat headquarters
Date: July 22, 1999
Duration: 55 minutes
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish

Official Visits by Heads of State

Official Visit by the President of the Republic of Colombia, Andrés Pastrana Arango, to the headquarters of the Andean Community General Secretariat
Date: May 7, 2001
Duration: 50 minutes
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish

Official Visit by the President of Peru, Valentín Paniagua Coracao, to the headquarters of the Andean Community General Secretariat
Date: May 26, 2001
Duration: 50 minutes
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish

Andean Television Program (PTVA)
Created in 1980 to disseminate information about the cultural, historical, and geographic heritage of the Andean countries. Before its demise in 1988, Andean Television filmed a series of programs that were widely viewed in the Andean Subregion and in some other Latin American countries. Our video library currently contains about 150 programs.

OUR AMERICA
A 6-program series designed to reveal the cultural, historical, and geographic heritage of the five Andean Community countries.
1. The capitals; 2. The lakes; 3. Handicrafts; 4. The workman; 5. The traces of the past; and 6. The children.

Date: 1981
Duration: 1 hour (each program)
Format: VHS; 3/4
Language: Spanish

ANDEAN TESTIMONY OF OUR AMERICA
Series of 60 microprograms on 12 different Topics:

Topic 1: Handicrafts and folk art
1. Santana, Venezuela; 2. Pitalito, Colombia; 3. "Masapán" or dough art, Ecuador; 4. Ayacuchan "Retablo", Peru; 5. The raft builder, Bolivia.

Topic 2: Popular festivals
6. Pilgrimage to Monserrate, Colombia; 7. Village bulls, Ecuador; 8. Walking horses, Peru; 9. The Dead, Bolivia; 10. Spree, Venezuela.

Topic 3: Cultural celebrities
11. Jorge Icaza, Ecuador; 12. Víctor Delfín, Peru; 13. José Mesa, Bolivia; 14. Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuela; 15. Santiago García, Colombia.

Topic 4: Our music
16. Percussion instruments, Peru; 17. "Charango," the 5-stringed guitar" Bolivia; 18. Freddy Reyna, Venezuela; 19. "Tiple," the 12-stringed treble guitar, Colombia; 21. Pre-Colombian instruments, Ecuador.

Topic 5: Our cuisine
21. Assorted spicy foods, Bolivia; 22. Venezuela’s "pabellón"; 23. Colombia’s "ajiaco"; Bolivia’s "Chugchucaras"; 26. Peru’s seviche.

Topic 6: Our sports
26. Baseball, Venezuela; 27. "Tejo" or disc, Colombia; 28. National ball, Ecuador; 29. Cock fight, Peru; 30 Bolivian "Sky Chacaltaya".

Topic 7: History of national independence
31. July 20^th Museum, Colombia; 32. Murillo House, Bolivia; 33. Manuelita Sáenz, Ecuador; 34. The Orinoco Mail, Venezuela; 35. The Battle of Ayacucho, Peru.

Topic 8: The artists
36. Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuador; 37. Mérida, Peru; 38. Zapana, Bolivia; 39. Material and form, Venezuela; 40. Omar Rayo, Colombia.

Topic 9: Technology
41. Banana flour, Ecuador; 42. Wood, Peru; 43. Quinoa, Bolivia; 44. Uverito Forest, Venezuela; 45. Heart valves, Colombia.

Topic 10: Our earliest history
46. Central Bank Museum, Ecuador; 48. Nasca Lines, Peru; 48. Tiwanaku, Bolivia; 49. San Agustín, Colombia; 50. Coro, Venezuela.

Topic 11: Tourism
51. Touristic Colombia; 52. Touristic Ecuador; 53. Touristic Peru; 54. Touristic Bolivia; 55. Touristic Venezuela.

Topic 12: Integration
56. The "Simón Rodríguez" Convention; 57. Our America; 58. The "Andrés Bello" Convention; 59. The Cartagena Agreement; 60. General summary of the series.

Date: 1982
Duration: 3 minutes (each program)
Format: VHS, 3/4
Language: Spanish

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Series of 3 programs:

Program 1: Our America 200 years later.
Program 2: Declaration to the peoples of our America.
Program 3: The Latin American dream.

Date: 1982 to 1984
Duration: 1 hour (Programs 1 and 2); 45 minutes (Program 3)
Format: VHS; 3/4
Language: Spanish

OUR AMERICA FOR CHILDREN I
Series of 50 microprograms:

Topic 1: Our past
1.Simón Bolívar, the boy, Venezuela; 2. Cartagena pirates, Colombia; 3. There comes the child, Ecuador; 4. Prehispanic history, Peru; 5. The doctors of America

Topic 2: Handicrafts
6. Top and coca, Colombia; 7. Nation of craftsmen, Ecuador; 8. Filigree, Peru; 9. Magic clay, Bolivia; 10. Parrots and dolls, Venezuela.

Topic 3: Sports
11. A wheeled dream, Ecuador; 12. The female runners-up, Peru; 13. Tahuichi, Bolivia; 14. Street sports, Venezuela; 15. Sports for all, Colombia.

Topic 4: Man and machine
16. Young inventor, Peru; 17. Chemicals industry, Bolivia; 18. Children’s museum, Venezuela; 19. Craftsman of the stars, Colombia; 20. Earth colors, Ecuador.

Topic 5: Our music
21. The vignette-makers, Bolivia; 22. Let’s make up a story, Venezuela; 23. Playing with memory, Colombia; 24. Lines and colors, Ecuador; 25. Puppets, Peru.

Topic 6: City adventure
26. Where music is born, Venezuela; 27. Children and music, Colombia; 28. Rhythm is everywhere, Ecuador; 29.Talking landscapes, Peru; 30. The nation celebrates, Bolivia.

Topic 7: City adventure
31. The kites of Villa Leyva, Colombia; 32. The train to Guayaquil, Ecuador; 33. Mimes in Lima, Peru; 34.Exploring Santa Cruz, Bolivia; 35. The metro and Caracas, Venezuela.

Topic 8: The people’s song
36. Nuca Llacta, Ecuador; 37. Micky González, Peru; 38. Green Purgatory, Bolivia; 39. Plain and City, Venezuela; 40. Mapale, Colombia.

Topic 9: Our food
41. Dishes, Peru; 42. The "salteña", Bolivia; 43. "Arepa" and cassava bread, Venezuela; 44. Potatoes and "fritanga", Colombia; 45. Home, sweet home, Ecuador.

Topic 10: Ecology
46. The vicuña, Peru; 47. Beginning again, Venezuela; 48. A city for living, Colombia; 49. Galápagos, Ecuador; 50. Paracas, Peru.

Date: 1986
Duration: 4 minutes, 30 seconds (each program)
Format: VHS; 3/4
Language: Spanish

OUR AMERICA FOR CHILDREN II
Series of 50 microprograms:

1. Masks, Bolivia; 2. Cusco Child, Peru; 3. Galápagos, Ecuador; 4. Coffee, Colombia; 5. The plains, Venezuela; 6. Takile, Bolivia; 7. Condor’s flight, Ecuador; 8. Grasshopper, Colombia; 9.Water pipes, Venezuela; 10. The Beni, Bolivia; 11. Alicia, the child, Ecuador; 12. Happy Song, Ecuador; 13. The callus’s calypso, Venezuela; 14. Charly Suárez, Bolivia; 15. Marinera, Peru; 16. Our illustrators, Colombia; 17. Bigott Foundation, Venezuela; 18. Jenecherú, Bolivia; 19. Huaráz, Peru; 20. The Amazon, Ecuador; 21. The Orinoco, Venezuela; 22. Clay; 23. Alpacas, Peru; 24. Heart of wood, Ecuador; 25. Cumbia, Colombia; 26. Silkscreen printing, Bolivia; 27. Canoeing, Peru; 28. Rolando Vera, Ecuador; 29. Mambrú Opera, Colombia; 30. Freddy Reyna, Venezuela; 31. Condor’s flight, Peru; 32. Firemen, Ecuador; 33. Pitalito’s hands, Colombia; 34. Tamunangue, Venezuela; 35. Ernesto Cavour, Bolivia; 36. Bicycle motocross, Ecuador; 37. Alekos, Colombia; 38. Child and mud, Venezuela; 39. Paulino’s boats, Bolivia; 40. Mendívil, Peru; 42. The plains train, Colombia; 42. The capitals; 43. Animals; 44. JUNAC, Peru; 45. The equator, Ecuador; 46. Bolivarian soul, Venezuela; 47. The condor’s flight, Bolivia; 48. Tiny island, Peru; 49. The children’s song of our America, Ecuador; 50. Troubadours, Colombia.

Date: 1988
Duration: 3 minutes (each program)
Format: VHS; 3/4
Language: Spanish

ALONG THE BYWAYS OF OUR AMERICA
26-program travel series through the five countries. The spectacular geography and tourist attractions of each country are accompanied by glimpses and samples of their music, customs, sports, legends and economy.

• 1 hour avant premiere

• 5 travel adventure programs (in Spanish and English)

• 20 documentaries about each country

Date: 1988
Duration: 30 minutes (each program)
Format: VHS; 3/4
Language: Spanish and English (only the 5 programs indicated above)

2. Videos produced by other organizations

Andres Bello Convention

PROMISING SPECIES
Video microprograms.

Promising animals: 1. Danta (tapyrus terrestris); 2. Green iguana (iguana iguana); 3. Paca (agouti paca); 4. Pacarana (dinomys branickii); 5. Peacock (crax rubra); 6. Puerco sahino or wild boar (pecari tajacu); 7. Tinajo (agouti taczanowskii); 8. Babilla or small alligator (caiman crocodiles fuscus); 9. Flag macaw (ara macao); 10. Tortoise (geochelone carbonaria); 11. Chinchilla (chinchilla lanigera); 12. Humpback whale or yubarta (megaptera novaengliae); 13. Razor clam (ensis macha); 14. Capybara (hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).

Date: 1996-1998
Duration: each program 4 minutes
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Date: undated
Duration: 11 minutes, 30 seconds
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish

Bolinvest Foundation

Date: 1997
Duration: 18 minutes
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Date: 1999
Duration: 30 minutes
Format: VHS
Language: Spanish