Mexico 1939 Reel 5 of 6
Category: Travelogue
Length: 18:14
| Film ID | F16-0015 |
| Film Description | Reel 5 of 6 Unedited travelogue Summer Puebla ShotlistMexico/ Summer: PueblaOld Spanish building in Puebla. Stone wall. View of city. Old Spanish stone bridge. Church. Street. Pottery being made at home. Porcelain mosaic or tile on wall. Cactus. Mosaic. Gateway, huts and church in distance. Potted flowers over doorway. Street. Ice cream freezer on back of man. Mosaic. Church towers. Modern home. Orange juice stand. Ice cream freezer carried on head. Street. Pottery. Boy with flat basket on head, [ws] Market. City. Local person, [over-exposed] Girl and baby on bank throwing stone. Donkey carrying straw. Twigs on donkey. Road curve. Fungus on tree. Pyramid at Puebla. Cooking on street corner, using wooden paddle. [men cooking Puebla kitchen. Children at water faucet. Kitchen and street. Dinner baskets on pole. Women washing clothes in stream. Flowers, [xcu] Sweeping street. Long old Spanish aqueduct, still used. Laundry. Church on top of hill Water spilling from aqueduct. Laundry along aqueduct. Tile-faced building. Church and tile building. Tile churches. Town of Cholula. Tower church. Woman on country road carrying twigs. Aqueduct. Mountain. Train. Valley. Stone hut. Cactus stem hollowed out at base. Indian with gourd, [mws] Sucking juice of gourd. Putting juice in jar. Tower clock, possibly first in America. Meat market using axe for cleaver, [ws] Old arch. Boys in church belfry. Bells ringing. Mountain: Orizaba. Stone hut igloo for steam bath. Flower field. Girls returning from school. Little boy crossing street. Fight, [little boys] Orizaba. Street. Steam bath hut. [cu] Mountains. Flowers. Cactus. Baby stepping over ditch in sidewalk. Street. Pulqueria. Ice cream freezer on head, [mws of man] Two cows with tails tied together to prevent their straying Making rope. Woman operating large wheel to rotate rope note: baby on her back. Puebla public square with tile work. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Puebla, Ceramics, Pottery, Orizaba |