(23 Oct 1992) 9243D RR9243D:
23.10.92 CHILE: GHOST TOWN:
RR DURATION: 5 Mins 35 Secs / Eng.sot: 16 Secs
MUSIC: "Puenteazul" by Mauricio Venegas

STORY: The Atacama desert, some two thousand kilometres
north of Santiago, described as the driest desert in the
world, was once the centre of the nitrate mining industry
in Chile. Now the mining communities are all ghost towns.
But echoes of a glorious past linger on.

SHOWS: Aerial views of Atacama desert: aerial of mining
town: disused mine railway: nitrate in natural state:
File (monochrome) conveyor belts: workmen with shovels:
man shovels nitrate: workers on a train: drawing of men
loading sacks onto boats in Iquique harbour: drawing of
sailing ships in harbour: painting of naval battle: buoy
marking historic battle site: Iquique port: plaza in
Iquique: architectural details on buildings: clock tower:
statue Arturo Prat, Chilean naval captain; relief on
monument to naval battle: archway with theatre behind:
various architectural details: descendant of English
settlers, Grace Mayne-Nichols, sot: stained-glass window:
luxurious interiors former nitrate plant-owner's
residence: deserted mining town in desert; main street:
bandstand in square: empty swimming-pool: diving board:
theatre: old descendant of original inhabitants, Santiago
Keith, winds antique musical device: Stills - founder of
the town, James Thomas Humberstone: British settlers:
workers with shovels: Chileans in period dress in
streets: payment tokens used in nitrate plants: gates to
Humberstone cemetery: Santiago Keith walks through
cemetery: graves of Adnan Keith, James Mackay, James
Thomas Humberstone: truck on desert road: bulldozer dumps
earth: workers shovel earth: Pan American highway through
mountains: straight stretch of Pan American highway:
(WTN)

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