- Title: F-9518
- Summary: WINGS TO THE LAND OF THE MAYA: TRAVELOGUE OF MEXICO AND GUATEMALA. SHOWS THE ANCIENT RUINS, MODERN DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE DAILY ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE TODAY. TOURISTS. MODERN ART. MODERN ARCHITECTURE. CENTRAL AMERICA. MAYAN CIVILIZATION. ANCIENT NATIVE AMERICANS. PRE-COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATION
- Description:02:32:22 - COLORFUL MAP SHOWING CENTRAL AMERICA. GUATEMALA. MEXICO. YUCATAN PENINSULA. SHOWS ROUTES TO UNITED STATES MERIDA. NEW ORLEANS TAMPA. MIAMI. PAN AMERICAN "GOLDEN TRIANGLE" VACATION WONDERLAND MERIDA. GUATEMALA CITY. MEXICO CITY. 02:32:54 - MERIDA STREET SCENE, 1963. BOY CHASES HIS HAT, RUNS ACROSS COBBLED STREET, RETURNS HAT TO OLD WOMAN. COBBLESTONES. FAT WOMAN. MAN ON BICYCLE. HORSE-PULLED CART. OLD MEETS NEW. CARS 02:33:08 - CROWDED STREETS, MERIDA. 1963. STREET MARKET BOOTHS. 02:33:32 - TRIO OF TROUBADOURS STROLLING, STRUMMING AND SINGING IN PUBLIC SQUARE. MAN GIVES SHOESHINE ON PARK BENCH 02:33:49 - POV ON HORSE AND CARRIAGE TOUR OF MERIDA. PASSING MONUMENT 02:34:17 - UXMAL ? MAYANS PERFORM ANCIENT RITUALS. DANCE MUSIC. TRADITIONAL COSTUME. MAIDEN OFFERS TRIBUTE TO THE MAYA GOD OF RAIN. ANCIENT WAR BATTLE RE-ENACTED ON ALTER OF BANISHED EMPIRE. CEREMONY TO COMMUNICATE WITH DEITIES. 02:35:08 - ANCIENT MAYAN CITY. TEMPLE IN RUINS. RELIEF CARVINGS. "DWARF" TEMPLE. STONE PALACE. MAYAN RUINS. UXMAL 02:36:28 - PEOPLE SWIM AT HOTEL SWIMMING POOL. HACIENDA 02:36:39 - MAYAN POTTER WORKS IN GARDEN. HAND TURNING POTTER'S WHEEL. PAINTING POTTERY. DUCK WITH FLOWERS. 02:37:00 - TOURISTS AT MAYAN RUINS. CITY OF TEOTIHUACAN PYRAMID OF THE SUN. 91 STEPS ON ALL FOUR SIDES. ONE GRAND PLATFORM ON TOP. 365 STEPS IN ALL DEPICT A FULL YEAR. MAYAN CALANDER. HALL OF 1000 COLUMNS. ANCIENT GAME. TWO-FOOT STONE HOOP. EARLY BASKETBALL. CU RELIEF. CAPTAIN OF LOSING TEAM BE-HEADED. PLAQUES 02:39:07 - TOURISTS AT THE SACRED WELL. HUGE WATERING HOLE. WELL OF SACRIFICE. 02:39:33 - TOURISTS AT THE INN OVERLOOKING THE MAYAN OBSERVATORY. 02:39:54 - COLORFUL MAP OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. MERIDA. CHICHEN ITZA. UXMAL. COZUMEL. QUINTANA ROO 02:40:02 - AERIAL ALONG COAST. BEAUTIFUL COAST, BEACH ANCIENT MAYAN RUINS. TEMPLES. 02:40:22 - MAYAN MONUMENTS RUINS. TOURISTS. TEMPLES. 02:41:00 - ISLAND OF COZUMEL. TOURISTS AT THE BEACH. PUT ON SCUBA GEAR. TOURISTS SCUBA DIVING IN COZUMEL. UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY. SCHOOLS OF FISH. 02:43:34 - SAILING ON NATIVE BOAT, COZUMEL. PALM TREES. CU SHIP'S BOW SKIMMING THROUGH WATER. 02:44:40 - GIRLS IN BIKINIS CLIMB TREE, DIVES INTO THE WATER 02:45:04 - PEOPLE ON SAIL BOAT, COZUMEL. PEOPLE SCUBA DIVING. LOBSTER CATCH. CATCHING LOBSTERS BY HAND. 02:45:52 - MAN JUMPS OFF BOAT AT SHORE, TYING BOAT UP. PEOPLE JUMP OFF BOAT 02:46:01 - CU CUTTING LOBSTER. COOKING LOBSTERS ON THE BEACH. PAN PICNIC TABLE FULL OF EXOTIC FRUITS. MANGO. LOBSTER. BANANAS. SALADS. PEOPLE EAT ALFRESCO ON THE BEACH. DRINKING FROM CARVED OUT PAPAYA. BIKINI CLAD WOMAN GRABS BOTTLES OF BEER JOGS BACK TO PICNIC. 02:46:46 - COLORFUL MAP OF CENTRAL AMERICA. MEXICO. GUATEMALA TRAVEL ROUTE FROM MERIDA TO GUATEMALA CITY 02:46:56 - AERIAL OVER GUATEMALA CITY. PAN AM PLANE LANDING 02:47:32 - SOUTH AMERICAN CITY. GUATEMALA CITY CIRCA 1963. BICYCLES SHARE THE ROAD WITH CARS. VW BUG. 1960s CARS. SPANISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE. MODERN ARCHITECTURE. MODERN STONE AND STEEL SCULPTURE. COLORFUL MURAL REFLECTED IN POOL. BRIGHT MOSAIC WALLS. INDUSTRIAL PARK WITH LOTS OF MODERN ART. SCULPTURE. CITY HALL. PUBLIC ART. 02:49:12 - ANTIGUA GUATEMALA. LS DORMANT VOLCANO, AGUA 02:49:21 - SPANISH CHURCH INTRICATE CARVING. RELIEF. ANTIGUA GUATEMALA. EARTHQUAKE DAMAGED. RUINS. FLOWERS BLOOM IN WALLS OF RUINS. SPANISH COLONIAL CAPITOL 02:50:33 - ANTIGUA GUATEMALA WITH DORMANT VOLCANO AGUA IN B/G. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. 02:50:48 - MERCHANT SELLING WARES AT MARKET, ANTIGUA GUATEMALA. COLORFUL BLANKETS 02:50:55 - WOMAN WEAVES ON LOOM. COLORFUL DESIGN. 02:51:16 - MAYANS CLIMB UP HIGHLANDS NEAR ANTIGUA GUATEMALA. VOLCANO IN B/G. LAKE. 02:51:39 - MEN AND WOMEN CARRY SACKS TO MAYAN MARKETPLACE CHICHICASTENANGO, SMALL VILLAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS MEN CARRY EXTREMELY LARGE LOADS ON THEIR BACKS. MAN CARRIES WOODEN CASKET UP STEEP ROAD. PEOPLE CARRY POTTERY, FURNITURE, DOOR. CU BARE FEET ON ROCKY ROAD. 02:52:35 - CHICHICASTENANGO MARKETPLACE. PEOPLE SELL THEIR WARES. BRIGHT COLORFUL CLOTHING. BLANKETS. POTTERY. FLOWERS 02:53:32 - RELIGIOUS RITUALS. CHURCH BELLS RING. WORSHIPERS WAVE INCENSE FILLED VESSELS. CATHOLIC MAYANS. 02:54:03 - COLORFUL MAP CENTRAL AMERICA. ROUTE FROM GUATEMALA CITY TO MEXICO CITY 02:54:09 - MEXICO CITY, 1963. PAN UP MEXICO CITY LANDMARK MONUMENT, WIDE BOULEVARD. MODERN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. 1960s CARS. HOTELS. 02:54:45 - PUBLIC PARK. MAN SELLS COLORFUL PINWHEELS. SIDEWALK ART SHOW. BOY CRANKS CALLIOPE MACHINE. 02:55:20 - MONTAGE ART, PAINTINGS FOR SALE. WOODPRINT. MODERN ART. REALISM. 02:55:36 - MURAL ON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WALL. MOSAIC. 02:55:52 - MARIACHI BAND IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME PLAY ON BOAT. LOTS OF BOATS ON CANAL OF LAKE XOXHIMILCO CU MUSICIANS. FAMILY HAS PICNIC LUNCH ON BOAT WOMAN SELLS FLOWERS FROM CANOE. FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE. 02:55:52 - PUBLIC FOUNTAINS WITH ARCHER ON TOP 02:56:56 - MEXICO CITY AT NIGHT. ZOCALO LIT UP. PLAZA OF THE CONSTITUTION. 02:57:05 - MEXICO CITY NIGHTLIFE. NEON SIGNS MONTAGE 02:57:14 - WOMEN DANCE THE CAN CAN. TURN AROUND, LIFT SKIRTS. CABARET SHOW. COLORFUL COSTUMES 02:57:59 - COLORFUL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. "THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE" 02:58:10 - TOURISTS AT ANCIENT MAYAN RUINS. TEOTIHUACAN. UXMAL. TEMPLES. PALACES. SANCTUARY. 02:58:26 - TOURISTS ON BOAT, COZUMEL. SCUBA DIVING. PICNIC ON THE BEACH 02:58:40 - GUATEMALA CITY. 1963. MONTAGE MODERN BUILDINGS ART. 02:58:53 - BEAUTIFUL LAKE 02:58:59 - MONTAGE MEXICO CITY, 1963. FOUNTAINS. MODERN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. HOTELS. 02:59:12 - AIRPLANE FLYING ABOVE THE CLOUDS 02:59:23 - MAYAN POTTERY PIECE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1963
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-9518