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Bullfight
Master 13 -Tape 1 Color footage of bullfight with Matador in the ring, taunting the bull with his cape.
Audio Cassette Factory
Master 13 - Tape 1 Color footage of young women assembling audio cassette tapes, they work fast. MSs/CU women using automated machine to put stickers on cassette tapes.
Travel/Tourism
Master 13 - Tape 1 Aerial footage of a beach resort area in Mexico (hi-rise hotels, etc. The water is strangely green.) Elevated GV pan of resort area with cliffs, beaches and boats. Slow motion GV as man dives off rock cliff. GV parasailing/hang gliding.
Of All Things - Mexico
Master 13 - Tape 1 Slightly faded color short that seems to be a Mexico travelogue. Opening montage of, well, all things. Opening shot of hillside dotted with hotels. Cable car descending hillside. POV from descending cable car. Crowded beach. Two boys standing on surfboard-type thing, paddling it with oars. Glass Bottom Boat ("Polaris"). Underwater shots of boys diving to puffer fish. Boys surface with fish, full of water, and squeeze them so that water shoots out of their (the fishes') mouths. "Holiday on Skis" sign. Girls getting on water-skis, then skiing away. Man water-skiing on his head. Pyramid. Skiers ski into the frame, the boat (apparently) slows, and the skiers fall smilingly into the water. Title card: 'The End'.
Assorted Mexico
Master 13 - Tape 1 Brief GV of family sitting outside a wooden shack, working on pottery. GV outdoor festival, with children dancing in a circle (maypole-type dance without the maypole). MS woman selling oranges at an outdoor market. MS two young men painting an iron statue of a horse (bright blue). CU of 4 chickens on the ground, pull back to reveal an outdoor market. Two shots of a mass-gymnastics event: over a hundred women in a stadium doing exercises synchronously. Two shots of a carnival with rides prominent.
Cowboys
Master 13 - Tape 1 Beautiful sunset with cowboys silhouetted, riding off in the sunset, followed by two nice plain sunset shots.
Rodeo
Master 13 - Tape 1 Sequence from Mexican rodeo, this one in a smallish outdoor arena. Everyone is wearing sombreros. Starts with horses parading around the ring; then bull roping.
Cliff Diver
Master 13 - Tape 1 Elevated GV of rock cliffs and water. GV pan as man dives off cliff into water.
Labor/Metal Craft
Master 13 - Tape 1 MS pan of men making stirrups and spurs at their open-air studio. CU man at work. CUs of man sharpening the metal spurs. CU tools lying on a table. CU of the man's face then pan down to work. CUs of hands working on spur (metal inlays). CUs fanning fire. CU of man working (hammering).
Store
Master 13 - Tape 1 GV pans of Mexican storefront.
Religious Festival
Master 13 - Tape 1 Assorted color footage of religious festival in Mexico. Begins with shot of large statues (St. Francis of Assisi, the Virgin Mary) being borne aloft into church, over the heads of crowds. Low angle MS looking up at church bell ringing in the bell tower. GVs of people kneeling outside church. GV outdoor carnival Ferris Wheel seen in the distance, cacti are in the foreground. GV carnival. Low angle looking up at church. GV carnival/market. GV/MSs of men in masks dancing in circle, playing instruments. GV/MSs of women dancing with baskets on their heads and throwing confetti.
Clouds
Master 13 - Tape 1 GV dark storm cloud on the horizon above evergreen trees. GV dark clouds rolling over mountains. GV dark clouds over lake surrounded by evergreen trees. High altitude shots above the clouds.
Clouds
Master 13 - Tape 2 GV open terrain with a field in the foreground, mountain range in the distance and white fluffy clouds in the bright blue sky. GV huge white clouds rolling over mountain lined with evergreen trees. Low angle shots looking up at clouds passing over tree tops. Shots of white clouds against a bright blue sky.
1960s - Yosemite - Inspiration Point
Gorgeous color scenic footage of Inspiration Point in Yosemite National Park. Waterfall, Mountain, Forest, Park, all you could ask for from a beauty shot.
1960s - Scenic Wheat Field - Wheat Field
Field of golden wheat against a blue sky horizon in South Dakota.
Old Faithful
Several GVs of Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park during eruption. Beautiful shape, from various angles. Quite impressive.
Monkey In Tree
Color footage of monkeys sitting in trees, doing typical monkey things. Kindly old monkey trainer (with cigarette) appears sporadically.
Alligators
Color footage of alligators in and around water. Typical alligator stuff--swimming, going into the water, etc. Alligator with animal (possum?) in his mouth. Several nice CUs of alligator's faces standing still.
Steam Train
Several shots (somewhat dirty) of steam trains belching steam and lots of black smoke. Nice CU of train wheels. Long string of freight cars being pushed backwards by locomotive. Ends with another CU of wheels.
Airplane Mechanics
MSs of men working on American Airlines propeller airliner--DC-6 according to sign visible. Beautiful shape and nifty compositions; planes are silver and absolutely gleaming. MS Man in hanger working on engine. MS plane on tarmac. MS worker using a screwdriver to tighten screws by the entrance. MS man tightening bolts on propeller. GVs men polishing plane while on the tarmac. MSs worker using a screwdriver to tighten screws by the entrance.
Fighter Planes on Display
Brilliant color footage of World War II Fighter planes on an airstrip, Slightly dirty but great color footage of something you never see in color. Starts with two men walking among a lineup of warplanes; then several great CUs of planes with names and women painted on them (fusalage art), there are also swastikas to indicate Nazi kills. Several GVs of unfinished planes leaving a factory. GVs plane in flight. GVs of Korean War-era jet fighter and larger jet planes landing.
Tug of War
MS/CUs of large group of adult men playing tug-of-war in park. Crowd is watching; looks like company or union picnic.
Monkey with Organ Grinder
CU of monkey in costume playing cymbals. MS monkey, pan to organ grinder. MS/CU monkey playing cymbals while seated on the organ grinder's box.
Rabbit/Hare in Desert Habitat
MS of rabbit/hare lying under the shade of a large cactus. MS pan of rabbit running/hopping across a desert landscape. GVs of rabbit hidden in desert shrubbery. MSs of rabbit running across white desert sand. Several MSs of rabbit running across a desert landscape.