American Tourists' Train Trip to Mexico City & El Paso, Texas Bullfight 58454 (1936)

Synopsis

This silent, black & white and early color home movie film shows a group of American tourists visiting Northern Mexico, Mexico City and El Paso, Texas. This was made in 1936. Opening titles: Our Mexico Trip starts by visiting Jack and Marion Kelly (:09). Cars pass by; people (:17). At a train station (:33) a N de M / Norte de Mexico steam engine idles. Outside of the Palace of Fine Arts / Palacio de Bellas Artes, a beautiful building in Mexico City (1:00). Hustle and bustle of city life in Mexico City (1:30). At 1:31 a sign for Cerveza XX is seen, and at 1:37 trolley cars are visible. Two women stand and get filmed (2:10), behind them is the Mexico City cathedral and the Zocalo, the historic center of the city. A man and a woman walk arm and arm (2:41) in front of the Palacio Nacional. Downtown Mexico City (3:00). Woman and men, with their arms around one another, joke around (3:29). Men and women stand around and clown around (4:32). Title: We Also attended a bullfight seeing three bulls killed (4:52). Bullfighting with a matador and a bull (4:58). A dead bull is pulled way by two horses (5:43). Bullfighting continues (5:53). Title: "Here we are never to forget Monday, October 26th, 1936" (6:03). Women walk around, speak to a Mexican woman (6:10) who demonstrates the technique of how to make a tortilla. Women and men stand in a row (6:45). A man takes a drink while standing next to a woman who holds a parrot (7:40). Tourists wear sombreros, put on serapes and do the Mexican…

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16 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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