This color, silent home movie dates to the 1950s and features footage of the country of Mexico. This was filmed in the 1950s.

Opening: Mexican woman smiles and walks towards the camera (:08). A woman dances for a crowd (:20). Title card: Mexico – the Faraway Land nearby (:52). Churubusco district of Mexico City, the monastery was built in 1678; the garden around the monastery (:56). Xochimilco district of Mexico City, a cathedral in the city; streets and public washhouse (1:38). Floating gardens of Xochimilco on the water (2:12). Going down river (3:00). Floating gardens (4:15). Town of Tepoztlan in Morelos, an Aztec mountain town; children walk around (4:55). A bell rings to call people to the fiesta; a man flips the bell (5:22). People play instruments (5:53). Tourists walk down a set of steps (6:18). Town of Cuernavaca; a cathedral, the people in the streets (6:42). Town of Borda Gardens (7:25). Rosa King, author of ‘Tempest Over Mexico’ in the patio of the Morrow Home (7:58). Large fields of rice and sugar cane; small village life (8:14). City of Taxco and its people (8:47). Rancho Telva, a hotel; people near the hotel (9:44). The Plaza (10:26). A man walks wearing a sombrero; people walk around (10:46). Looking over the market place from a cathedral roof (11:09). People pose for the camera (11:36). Cobbles on some streets are formed in a design (11:48). Animals on the town’s streets, mainly donkeys and mules (12:02). Taking a ride from Taxco to Acapulco on a mountain road (12:38). A man puts a roof together with palm leaves (13:21). Acapulco, Mexico; beautiful beaches (13:39). Water, boats off Acapulco (14:06). A crowd gathers in an open arena to watch and praise the matadors (14:18). Bullfighting (14:43). Matadors and their bulls (15:00). Matadors walk as the crowd cheers them (16:22).

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