Mexico 1940 Reel 1 of 4
Category: Travelogue
Length: 13:26
| Film ID | F16-0001 |
| Film Description | Reel 1 of 4 Unedited travelogue ShotlistStreets, buildings, traffic.Stone wash basins along wall for community use. Wall; homes by stream. Church tower ( ? ). Wash drying; street of poor houses. Scenes of city; poor homes. Stone-carved facade. Countryside: streams, vegetation, [distant pan shots] Thatched hut: high conical roof. Landscaped grounds; large, stone building. Jungle. Wooden building with leaf-thatched roof. Flowers, vegetation. Views in a fairly large city. Carved skulls or faces on stones in pile. Stone carvings: skulls and bones on stelae. Large hollowed boulder, prob. a mortar. Stone metate, grinder. Stone carving: seated figure. Fountain. Building topped by large sculpture. Advertising sign. Large domed arch or bandstand (?). Modern city; distant rooftop views. Gardens, planter along modern house wall. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Mexico, Mexico City |