Wheeler Footage of Guatemala and Mexico
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1985.10.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Wheeler family
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content: Wheeler Family films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (15 minutes, color silent; 400 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage of Mexico and Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Shots of interest in Mexico include scenes in a major plaza in Mexico City and of the water taxis, canals, and chinampas floating gardens of Xochimilco. Shots in Guatemala were taken in the locales of Chichicastenango and Santiago. These include markets showing local vendors, market women in colorful dress, and local potters taking their wares to market; women working backstrap looms and washing clothes; outside a local church; a bullfight; and the Guatemalan army near Lake Atitlan, southwestern Guatemala.