Blue book of audio-visual materials (1920)

1001 FILMS 69 MEXICO *Film titles marked with an asterisk (*) have been reviewed and approved by the National Motion Picture League of New York. A Day with Carranza (870) A few hours spent in the company of the president of Mexico, the first moving picture interview with a nation's executive. The background of excitement in which he lives daily, contrasted with the beautiful castle on Chapultepec Hill, high above Mexico City. Educational Film Corporation. A Modern Mexican Hacienda (1029). In the early days, the "hacienda" was a feudal fortress — now it is the country estate of the wealthy landowner. During your visit, you may see "the Douglas Fairbanks of Mexico," a cowboy who draws a bigger salary than President Carranza, and enjoy a bull fight as a measure of excitement. Educational Film Corporation. An Indian Village in Mexico.* Reel, 1; producer, Educational Film Corporation of America; exchange, same. Remarks: Typical grass hut, a native spinning mill, at the loom, water works, basket makers, children at play, public wash place, ploughing, thrasher outfit, the hoofs of the animals separate the grain from the straw, preparing for a festival, dancing, Aztec Jazz band, ceremonial Aztec dance. City of Mexico.* Reel, 1; producer, Essanay; exchange, Beseler. Remarks: "The Land of Manana," Cathedral, National Palace and other municipal buildings, public gardens of Plaza Mayor, views of the main business thoroughfare, the aristocratic boulevard of Pasco Avenue, Chapultepec Castle and patriotic celebrations, President Carranza addresses the people from the balcony. In the Silver Country (960). A birds-eye view of the "white city" of Pachuca, where silver has been mined since the days of the Spanish conquest, and billions of dollars worth of metal have been secured. In the old days, the silver came in "pockets" of almost pure metal, but nowadays they are reducing the ore which others have thrown aside. Educational Film Corporation. Market Days and Festivals (929). Tamales, tortillas, en• chilades, chiles and frijoles to delight anybody interested in the subject of national cuisine. Here and there are public letter writers, amid the vendors and buyers, and a step or so away, the famous Thieves Market where almost any sort of plunder may be bought— second-hand. Educational Film Corporation. Mexico's Floating Gardens (960). A marshy region, somewhat like the everglades of Florida, providing a true romance of floriculture and truck farming. The gardens were once floating islands on a shallow lake, filled almost solid with tangled roots. Now the lake is drained, and the Indians cultivate their garden plots, as they did a thousand years ago. Educational Film Corporation. Mexico, Historical and Architectural.* Reel, 1 ; producer, Educational Films Corporation of America; exchange, same. Remarks: Pyramid of the sun, ruins of sunken pyramid, museum of treasures dug from pyramids, street of dead, Cathedral of Mexico City, National Museum, the Calender Stone, oldest house in Mexico City, National Library, new postoffice, new National Theater. Necaxa, the Power House of Mexico (900). The famous . Necaxa hydro-electric plant that supplies Mexico City with light and power. It is one of the world's greatest examples of elec*tric construction, and includes a huge dam that was a model for the Gatun Dam at Panama. The scenery that surrounds it is richly tropical, with magnificent vistas and perspectives. Educational Films Corporation.