Schley Ride to Acapulco edge code suggests1950?, Missing first 2 minutes of film including title card and intro

This travelogue film was created by Norman Schley, a gifted filmmaker from Wisconsin who made a series of travelogues he called “Schley Rides”. Many of his films aired on television; others were shown to audiences in settings like club meetings and in auditoriums. This particular TV special from the 1950s takes viewers to Acapulco. Acapulco is a tourism hot spot in Mexico which became popular in the 1950’s and 60’s. This film; as many of his other narrated films do, opens with an advertisement for F.R. Dengel Co. wholesale hardware suppliers (:32) based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Some of their products offered are shown including the E Z Kleen Air Filters (:39) and Valdura Zone Marking Paint (:46). A sales representative from an unnamed company shows their employees using the EZ Kleen air filters (1:14) as well as the Valdura Zone Marking Paint (1:18). The film then turns to Acapulco (1:58). The coastline of the city is viewed from a boat on the water (2:01). Modern vehicles roll through the main drag (2:25) as a local hotel stands nearby. The Acapulco Cathedral (2:30) precedes some of the narrow one-way streets which characterize the area (2:36). Native women carry woven baskets atop their heads (2:41) as young girl trots alongside. Palms line the urban streets as mountains rim the town (3:15). The famed hotel, Hotel Las Americas (3:25) is offered among many other hotels for vacationer lodgings. A map points to it’s location on the Acapulco Bay (3:30). A clear shot of the hotel follows (3:35). Tourists often shipped their cars on freighters to use them while on vacation. A vehicle moves down a long winding road through the hilly mountainside (3:42). The colonial Spanish architecture of the hotel is pointed to (4:04). The camera pans downwards to show the large salt water pool offered to guests (4:09). A vacationer wanders up to the camera equipped with a smile and straw hat (4:21). Tourists apply sunscreen poolside (4:32). A newlywed couple takes a double dive into the waters (4:44). The sandy shoreline is rimmed with sunbathers (5:18). A mountain range rises in the background as the camera moves over to a modern highway (5:59). A house follows which had been carved out from solid rock of the cliff (6:05). The golf course shown had been converted from an airfield (6:13). The former home of the American film star, Esther Williams appears at (6:30). Notable films of Esther’s include ‘Million Dollar Mermaid’ and ‘Bathing Beauty’. The Hotel Club de Pesca is known to be a fisherman’s paradise (6:36). Native fishermen string lines along the water (6:46). A fleet of trim boats for hire (7:06) bob in the waters. A photographer is captured shooting images of the fishermen and their catches (8:03). The ‘morning beach’ is pointed to on a map which gets the most sunlight in the early hours of the day (8:24). The world-famous Hotel Mirador sits on the Pacific coastline (9:16). The hotel is built into the face of the cliff and lined by a series of cottages (9:19). Young native boys climb up a rocky cliff overlooking the shoreline (9:54). They carry batches of oysters which will be served at the hotel restaurant pictured at (9:58). A high dive is captured from the cliff to the waters below (10:43). The film begins to wrap up with images of tourists boarding a passenger plane to return home (12:28) as well as images of natives (12:42). The film concludes with an advertisement for F.R. Dengel Co. products (12:51).

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