Guatemala: vintage video, "Journey To Banana Land"

A corporate promotional video produced by United Fruit Company in 1950, four years before a CIA-backed coup protected that firm's interests in Guatemala by overthrowing democratically-elected leader Jacobo Arbenz.

If the company's foreign policy ambitions had a name: Bananifest Destiny.

Link to archive.org page where you can download or stream the video, which is about 20 minutes long.

Previously:
Guatemala: internet video on CIA role in 1954 coup

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