Rio de Janeiro 1936, "City of Splendour"

James A. Fitzpatrick's documentary series "Traveltalk" ("The Voice of the Globe"), released in 1936.

The images of a river is not that old, but in a time when the river could still be called "Wonderful Town. " Seventy years have passed since these pictures were made, and since then, much has changed (for worse). The destruction reached the Moorish flag, in Botafogo, the Monroe Palace, the buildings of Avenida Rio Branco, Casa Maua. Nothing like seeing the images to check.