The Foreign Page: 300 Dead Counted in Flaming Bogota
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Riots take place in Bogota, Colombia following the assassination of Liberal Party political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on April 9, 1948.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker); Hugh James (narrator)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: This film describes the riots and their aftermath known as the Bogotazo, which immediately followed the assassination of Liberal Party political leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in Bogota, Colombia on April 9, 1948. Narrator Hugh James details the alleged seizing and beating to death of Gaitán’s assassin by his followers, as well as the town population’s mass looting of hardware stores in the hopes of seizing weapons to overthrow the conservative government.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Murders; Politicians; Riots
Places: South America > Colombia > Bogota
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 95 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34456
Notes: This film describes the riots and their aftermath known as the Bogotazo, which immediately followed the assassination of Liberal Party political leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in Bogota, Colombia on April 9, 1948. Narrator Hugh James details the alleged seizing and beating to death of Gaitán’s assassin by his followers, as well as the town population’s mass looting of hardware stores in the hopes of seizing weapons to overthrow the conservative government.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Murders; Politicians; Riots
Places: South America > Colombia > Bogota
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 95 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34456
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15