Synopsis
This 1962 film was photographed by Willard C. Hahn and produced by Paul Louis Hoefler who made academic films for the classroom from the early 1950s to the early 1980s. The film displays the ancient cities of Chichen Itza and Uxmal as well as the lifestyle of the living descendants of the Mayans in the Yucatan.The film opens with a shot of a Mayan temple in Mexico (0:07). Carved animal head from the Mayan civilization (0:14). Mayan ruins (0:19). Mayan reliefs (0:25). Map of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula (0:33). Mayan building with carvings and reliefs (0:38). Doorway to ancient Mayan structure (0:49). Indigenous woman with a flower in her hair (0:55). Mayan woman with necklace (1:02). Mayan man working (1:13). Mayan village with small huts and with three women walking down the street carrying something on their heads (1:16). Woman wearing white traditional dress and carrying a pot (1:27). Two Mayan women in front of their home that has a thatch roof and bamboo (1:35). House with thatch roof and children playing out (1:44). Entrance into contemporary Mayan house (1:55). Women pulling up a bucket of water (1:59). Mayan woman washes clothes (2:07). Mayan woman making tortillas (2:17). Woman with two pots makes a flavored drink with cacao (2:32). Young boy drinks out of a bowl (2:45). Mayans walking around in white garments and black head coverings at the village market (2:54). Woman begins making a straw hat (3:08). Mayan woman picks up a woven hat (3:24). Woman making…
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Details
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Yucatan
- Land Of the Maya
- 1962
- Educational Film
- Southern Mexico
- Stock Footage
- Periscope Film