Baja Peninsula! The Final Frontier!
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1998.21.22
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Wells, Floyd Henry
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content: Floyd Henry Wells films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (42 minutes, color silent; 1519 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960
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 chronicles travel with a Wally Byam club down the Baja Peninsula. Film documents scenic landscapes, road signs and natural wonders along the Baja Pen and scenes of cities, town, churches and markets in Mexico. Film also captures local peoples including Mexican bands and dancers and a bakery with an outdoor stone oven. Some identified locations include Ensenada, Rancho Santa Ynez, El Presidente (motor lodges), Santa Rosalia, Tropic of Cancer, La Paz, Alamos, El Caracol and the Hotel los Portales. Film is narrated by his wife, Ruth Wells, who identifies many of the locations and events depicted with some historic comments or trivia. Wells also comments on various issues of importance to travelling by an Airstream trailer such as water sources and etiquette.

Legacy Keywords: Recreation ; Tourism ; Architecture Religious ; Music Mexico ; Dance ; Food preparation Mexico ; Landscapes ; Dance ; Central America ; Mexico ; Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)