I arrived at Santiago's Pudahuel Airport carrying two large 16 mm. film cans. A customs officer, who seemed both surprised and relieved that I, although obviously a North American, spoke Spanish comfortably, informed me that films could not be brought into the country. Fresh from a month in Mexico, my immediate reaction was to offer what the Mexicans call a "bite." But Chile is not Mexico, and bribing an official in Chile would be taken as the greatest of insults. It was fortunate I remembered that, and I asked instead to see the Chief Officer. The Chief Officer greeted me and welcomed me to Chile, repeating the other officer's statement that foreign films cannot be brought into the country without a special license.