"Bittersweet Samba" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (Scopitone)

"Bittersweet Samba" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (Scopitone).mov
"Bittersweet Samba" Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (Scopitone).m4v

I've heard this is directed by Robert Altman but can't seem to find any  info on that on the internets...can anyone confirm?

UPDATE: Bob Orlowsky of the Scopitone Archive has the scoop (of course): "Hey Spike, I saw your question about Altman and Bittersweet Samba.  If you do a Google search for Altman Color-Sonics Fortier, you'll find a PDF file from a college film seminar on Altman, which has an interview with Altman that includes a brief reference to a film that is clearly Bittersweet Samba:

"Q: While you were waiting for your break into features, you made some comic short films, three of which you’ve occasionally allowed people to see: The Kathryn Reed Story, a birthday present for your wife; The Party, with Robert Fortier as a hapless guest at a very 1960s party, one of a projected series of juke-box movies called ColorSonics; and Pot au feu, a parody of a TV cookery programme explaining the recipe for a perfect marijuana joint.

A: I did those just for myself. They were unfinanced, just bringing together a few friends, borrowing a camera, and so on. But because of one of those films I got hired to do M*A*S*H: Ingo Preminger looked at Pot au feu and loved it, so it served its purpose."
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[Bob Haldeman]

This looks more like outtakes from Pete Sellers movie "The Party" then anything having to do with Herb Alpert. Thanks for fixing it.