One of the outstanding travelogues created by Eugene Castle and his company Castle Films, this travelogue of Mexico begins and ends with a stereotypical image, of a peasant riding atop a donkey. The film presents the “most exotic land in the Western Hemisphere” including shots of charming towns and native villages. At 1:10, women are seen washing clothes at a town square. At 1:29, a street barber provides shaves and haircuts, and at 1:50 an oxcart is seen. At 1:59, a Mexican port is seen (we’d love to know where). At 2:17, a woodcarver is seen at work, and at 2:30 pottery is made in the traditional way. At 3:00, rope is made by hand, and at 3:10 a traditional marketplace is seen. At 3:25 some caballeros are seen wearing beautiful clothes, in preparation for a fiesta, rodeo and bull throwing contest.

At 4:20 another Mexican town is shown, and a wayside shrine. At 4:50, Indian fishing methods are seen. At 5:00, the Mexican Air Force makes a flight over the massive pyramids near Mexico City.

At 5:40, Mexico City is seen with Popocatépetl volcano in the background. At 6:10, the Mexico City cathedral is seen and the Palace of Fine Arts nearby at 7:26. At 7:00, a monument to Montezuma is seen. A bull fight is seen at 8:00 and at 8:30 the floating gardens at Xochimilco are shown.

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