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Pan Am Airlines Film Wings to Central America, Guatemala, Costa Rica & Mexico 45214 (1959)

1959 · Short film · 29 min

Synopsis

This 1959 film from Pan American World Airways gives viewers a look at the people, architecture, and natural wonders of Central America and Mexico. The film opens with shots of flowers, volcanoes, jungles, a cobblestone street leading to an old colonial church, and what appears to be Mayan ruins. A Guatemalan woman weaves fabric (02:16). On an island off the coast of Panama, people play music and women sew. A man harvests bananas and then uses donkeys to haul them away. A Pan Am Clipper flies…

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Running time
29 minutes