Mexico, Wonderful Mexico
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.13
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Soule, Thayer
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content: Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (86 minutes, color silent; 3,089 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975
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: Edited film documents travel in Mexico. Film includes a brief history of Mexico and scenes of modern day Mexico. Locales shown include Mexico City and the Museum of Anthropology and numerous pre-Columbian archeological sites including Olmec ruins in the state of Tabasco, the pyramid of Tajin, Palenque, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, and Mitla. Other locales include Merida, Cozumel, Acapulco, Xochimilco, Puebla, Taxco, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Michoacan, Patzcuaro, Oaxaca, Zinacantan Village, and Chamula. Scenes include a Volkswagon plant, Puebla tile making, Taxco silver, lacquer ware, weaving, markets, and making cutlery.

Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs, sound recording of lecture

Legacy keywords: Archeology sites ; Archeology Mexico ; Pre-Columbian objects ; Cities and towns Mexico ; Automobile industry and trade ; Tiles ; Silver Mexico ; Artisans Mexico ; Weaving Mexico ; Marketplaces