Public TV will broadcast a documentary about Evita Perón’s funeral for the first time

The Public television it will premiere on Tuesday (July 26) at 11.30pm. Immortal Eva Peron! film directed by Luis Cesare Amadori who recorded Eva Perón’s massive funeral and that never aired in full on open TV.

The work was lost after the 1955 coup and was recovered thanks to a donation made to Argentine Radio and Television (RTA) from the Embassy of the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia in the country.

The full version of Immortal Eva Peron! shot in 1952 and 30 minutes duration, was recovered in 2015, thanks to the copy kept by Augusto Guzman Justinianformer consul of Bolivia.

The record that TV Pública will show coinciding with the 70th anniversary of Evita’s death It is the result of the digitization of the copies preserved by Guzmán Justiniano, made up of four 35 mm rolls.

The documentary presents the massive funeral of Eva Perón – lasted 16 days – it reflects the endless lines of people who have waited their turn to say goodbye to the “standard-bearer of the humble”.

his last dream

“It was his last dream: to see Perón consecrated by the humble, where he burned his life, where he had no hours or rest, where his companion Evita would finally rest. Thousands and thousands of offers would have watched over his sleep silently and poetically “says the announcer at the beginning of the film.

The film also features images of the ceremony, the vast deployment of troops ordered as part of the Head of State honors that Evita received, the massive torchlight procession, the act on the esplanade of the National Congress, and the tributes made in places such as the Employee House and the headquarters of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT).

A donation to the Evita Museum

Radio and Television Argentina will specify tomorrow the donation of a copy of the documentary to the Evita Museum of the Federal Capital, an institution that offers a journey through its history through photographs, videos, period documents and even the wardrobe of Eva Perón.

files include his fiery speechesand also voices of political personalities during Perón’s first two governments, thus providing the political context in which they were created.

“On this occasion, both institutions will sign an agreement with which RTA will sell a copy for the exhibition exclusively for cultural, research and educational purposes to be used within the facilities of the Eva Perón National Institute of Historical Research and for the consultation, in this context, of investigators and duly accredited persons “, reported the state channel.

The agreement will make it possible to promote the development of activities in areas of common interest, such as research and training, the exchange of audiovisual materials, studies, collection conservation work, surveys, statistics, consultancy and services.

In short, it is a question of being able to enjoy a priceless historical document, hitherto unknown to a large part of the public.

CJL