Footage of Taxco, Mexico
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2002.15.5
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Leadbetter, Guy W., Sr.
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content: Guy W. Leadbetter films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (11 minutes, color silent; 318 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1937
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 shot by Guy W. Leadbetter of a trip to Mexico includes a visit to Taxco de Alarcaon. Footage includes shots of the town from a high vantage point, various buildings including Santa Prisca church, and street scenes. Outside the town the film shows countryside; a cloister like structure; a village with women washing clothes at stream (western dressed woman gives coins to women) and child who is coaxed outside structure to be filmed; and distant views of the volcano Popocatepetl.

Legacy keywords: Cities and towns ; Street scenes ; Tourism Mexico ; Architecture Religious ; Volcanoes Mexico ; Architecture Mexico ; Architecture, Domestic