The Battle of Chile | The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (Part 1-MULTISUB)

The Battle of Chile: Struggle of an Unarmed People (Spanish: La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas) is a Chilean-Cuban documentary film, by Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, in three parts. This is the restored version, with audio in French with subtitles in English, Italian and Spanish (click on CC for subtitles).

A chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the military coup against the government of Salvador Allende.

Part 1: The film opens in March 1973 with reporters asking people how they intend to vote in the coming congressional election. The election is taking place after Allende has been in office for over two years and has been trying to reorganize society along democratic socialist lines. His "Popular Unity" coalition was put into office with only a third of the popular vote. His efforts to nationalize certain industries have met with both internal and foreign opposition, and Chile is suffering economic deprivations.

In the 1973 Chilean parliamentary election, Allende makes gains to 43.4 percent of the votes, though the opposition bloc is strong too, up to 56 percent. The film has street interviews, speeches, violent confrontations, the mobs, and meetings, the parades with workers chanting. Part One finishes with newsreel footage from an Argentine cameraman Leonardo Henrichsen who was photographing street skirmishes. A soldier takes aim and kills the cameraman, and the image spins skyward.

Part 2: https://rumble.com/v71mk6o-the-battle-of-chile-the-coup-dtat-part-2-multisub.html