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Mexico Countryside, 1930s

1930s - Mexico - Travelling POV Past Crops
Clip: 313244_1_1
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:00 - 01:00:33

Travelling POV from train passing crops. Travelling POV from train approaching train station; adult men crossing train tracks.

1930s - Mexico - Men Walking Around, Child on Horseback
Clip: 313244_1_2
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:29 - 01:00:59

Adult Mexican men walking around, wearing similar uniforms; trees, crops in the BG. Man following male child on horseback. Man following male child on horseback; woman leads horse by reins.

1930s - Mexico - Men Riding on Horseback
Clip: 313244_1_3
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:55 - 01:01:13

Adult man on horseback looking back toward men on the other side of fence; man behind him standing, carrying rifle. Three men riding on horseback with rifles, wearing safari attire, wave to camera.

1930s - Mexico - Train Station
Clip: 313244_1_4
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:01:09 - 01:01:21

Adult Mexican women selling produce to passengers on stationary train.

1930s - Mexico - Buildings and Animals
Clip: 313244_1_5
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:01:17 - 01:01:55

Pan left of long houses behind a fence; windows barred. Adult male holding dog by his side. Small monkey sitting on fence, eating. Deer.

1930s - Mexico - Man Putting Child on Dog
Clip: 313244_1_6
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:01:51 - 01:02:04

Adult Caucasian man holding, trying to put a male child on the back of a dog, but dog keeps moving; child waves to camera.

1930s - Mexico - Train Wreck
Clip: 313244_1_7
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:02:00 - 01:02:32

VS of train wreck.

1930s - Mexico - Making Bricks or Tiles
Clip: 313244_1_8
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:02:28 - 01:03:06

Young adult Mexican men digging. Adult Mexican man standing, looking at camera; another man lifts and carries dirt past drying tiles or bricks. VS of man smoothing clay in rectangular mold.

1930s - Mexico - Making Tiles, Stone Wall
Clip: 313244_1_9
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:03:02 - 01:03:33

Adult Mexican man brushing, cleaning off a clay tile, leaning it against other tiles. Mexican men working on stone wall; man watching, supervising. Man digging next to stacked tiles.

1930s - Mexico - Labor
Clip: 313244_1_10
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:03:29 - 01:03:48

Adult Mexican man walking in front of two oxen pulling a cart with Mexican child and adult riding. Two men picking up, cleaning off clay tiles.

1930s - Mexico - Village
Clip: 313244_1_11
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:03:44 - 01:04:11

Mexican females, adults and children, watching from the street as two adult Caucasian men and one woman ride by on horseback. Panning view of Mexican men, women, and children in village.

1930s - Mexico - Man and Woman Riding on Horseback
Clip: 313244_1_12
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:04:07 - 01:04:22

Adult Caucasian female and male riding on horseback on dirt path; Mexican male follows on foot, leading horse carrying supplies.

1930s - Mexico - Man and Woman Riding on Horseback
Clip: 313244_1_13
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:04:18 - 01:04:40

Adult Caucasian female and male riding on horseback, crossing shallow water. Adult Mexican females walking into water, carrying baskets on head; male child following women.

1930s - Mexico - Village
Clip: 313244_1_14
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:04:36 - 01:04:59

Panning view of a Mexican village; buildings with thatched roofs. Three Mexican female children squatting by water, washing; young child is naked.

1930s - Mexico - Campsite
Clip: 313244_1_15
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:04:55 - 01:05:25

Caucasian person riding on horseback, spurring horse on. Two males appear to be drying leaves on angled wooden rack. Man hacking away off-shoots on tree branch.

1930s - Mexico - Forest or Jungle
Clip: 313244_1_16
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:05:21 - 01:06:01

Panning view of forest or jungle with a river partially visible. Pan across river.

1930s - Mexico - Exploration
Clip: 313244_1_17
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:05:57 - 01:06:35

Panning view of river, rocky shore; group of adult males standing with horses. Adult Caucasian male walking with bottle raised in air past camera; group of Mexican adults and children following.

1930s - Mexico - Woman Wearing Sombrero
Clip: 313244_1_18
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:06:31 - 01:06:54

Adult Caucasian man adjusts sombrero on adult Caucasian female's head, leaves; she greets an adult Mexican man wearing a sombrero and both take their hats off.

1930s - Mexico - Practicing Mexican Dance
Clip: 313244_1_19
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:06:50 - 01:07:15

VS of adult Caucasian woman and Mexican man practicing dance steps; people standing in BG.

1930s - Mexico - Practicing Mexican Dance
Clip: 313244_1_20
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year )
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 042
HD: Yes
Location:
Country: Mexico
Timecode: 01:07:11 - 01:07:50

VS of adult Caucasian woman and Mexican man practicing dance steps; people standing in BG, couple (Mexican man and woman) also dance in and out of frame.