ARGENTINA: OFFICE WORKERS IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT OF BUENOS AIRES SHRED PAPERS INTO CONFETTI PIECES AND THROW THEM OUT OF OFFICE WINDOWS

Record ID: 230421

  • Title: ARGENTINA: OFFICE WORKERS IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT OF BUENOS AIRES SHRED PAPERS INTO CONFETTI PIECES AND THROW THEM OUT OF OFFICE WINDOWS
  • Date: 29th December 1994
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (DECEMBER 29, 1994) (RTV-ACCESS ALL) 1. SV PIECES OF PAPER FALLING ON CORRIENTES STREET WITH OBELISK IN BACKGROUND / MAN THROWING PAPER FROM BALCONY (3 SHOTS) 0.09 2. SV PAPERS BEING THROWN FROM WINDOWS OF THE OLDER BUILDING ALONG THE AVENIDA DE MAYO (5 SHOTS) 0.22 3. SV BUSES, CARS AND TREES COVERED IN PAPER (2 SHOTS) 0.32 4. SV STREET SCENES, PEOPLE WALK, CARS ALONG ROAD 0.36 5. SV PAPER FALLING OUT OF WINDOWS 0.39 6. SV CHILDREN PLAYING WITH PAPER 0.44 7. SCU WOMAN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS 0.46 8. SV PAPER FALLING, PAPER BEING THROWN OUT OF WINDOW(2 SHOTS) 0.53 9. CU PEOPLE WATCHING 0.55 10. SV PEOPLE THROWING PAPER OUT OF WINDOWS (2 SHOTS) 1.01 11. SV SANITATION WORKERS PICKING UP PAPERS (3 SHOTS) 1.11 12. SV MAN WALKING THROUGH FALLING PAPERS 1.15 13. SV MAN SWEEPING UP PAPERS (7 SHOTS) 1.35 14. CU PAGES FROM A 1994 AGENDA 1.37 15. SV PAPERS FALLING WITH THE SUN IN THE BACKGROUND 1.40 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 13th January 1995 12:00
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  • Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
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  • Country: Argentina
  • Reuters ID: LVA2NCYLQKXSTQ8R4QJV76ODTOTV
  • Story Text: Thousands of office workers in the financial district of Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires upheld an annual tradition on Thursday (December 29) by shredding papers they had accumulated during the past year into small confetti-like pieces and throwing them out of office windows.

    Some say the tradition represents nothing more more than an end-of-year clear-out. But others claim that the tiny pieces of paper falling during Argentina's summer represent snow. Snow is associated with weather in the Northern Hemisphere during the festive season at the end of the year.


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