Home Movies (1946)

HOME MOVIES FOR SEPTEMBER 561 are blessed and the natives take particular pride in "dolling them up" that they may find favor in the eyes of the Lord. A short trip east and south is Amozo, where you may find craftsmen working with silver and iron, making spurs, knives, etc. Then on to Tehuacan, where Mexico's best water is obtained. It is an excellent overnight stop, too. Then backtrack a little down a magnificent grade into the valley of Orizaba, where the much touted town of Fortin, famous for its flowers, is located. In this area are immense sugar cane plantations and sugar refineries. One can either turn back here, or go on by a road not fully paved to Vera Cruz. The Fiesta de la Candelaria is held in Tlacotalpan, reached by narrow guage railroad to Alvarado (a fishing community), then by boat up the river to the town. This Fiesta is quite intriguing, though it has deteriorated from former days when it was a test of courage for a young man that wanted to attract his "novia." Nowadays the men go across the river and ferry a bull across with the aid of a boat, then turn him loose in the streets where ail males try their skill at bull-baiting. Returning from Vera Cruz, via Jalapa, one can turn off at Perote and go to Teziutlan, the birthplace of President Camacho, where they make some rare rebozas out of wool. Here you can probably find a native family that will permit you to film them embroidering these. Then one can go on, by a well paved road, to Nautla which is being developed as a second Acapulco, then on to Zamora and Papantla. Papantla is the center of the vanilla industry and also quite famous for the Fiesta of Corpus Christi, which usually lasts about ten days when you will see one of the most spectacular sights in Mexico. There are often as many as four different groups of dancers: the Gua Guas, the Moors, the Nigritos and "Los Voladores." A whole article could be devoted to the filming opportunities here, but suffice to say that if you get to see this Fiesta, your trip will have "paid off." Then you may backtrack over a road that may be paved all the way within a few months, through beautiful country to Pachuca where is located Mexico's (if not the world's) largest silver mines. From here you return to Mexico City. If this trip is not feasible, then you might continue on from Perote to Puebla and go south to Oaxaca. This town is relatively unspoiled by tourists and is surrounded by many villages noted for their superb craftsmen. Your stay there will probably depend on how long you can stand the food. Serape weaving, all styles of pottery making, the saddle type loom for making belts (common in Guatemala but rare in Mexico), Don't let a burnout spoil your home movies I II 7/ Be sure it's G-E. . . to he sure of: 1. Greater screen brightness . . . G-E Lamps are designed to take full advantage of your lens system. 2. More uniform screen brightness ; . . thanks to differentially coiled filaments on most popular sizes. 3. Uniformly dependable performance . , . because of precision manufacture, rigid inspection. 4. Constant improvements, as developed by G-E Lamp research for better, clearer projection. ^£r/t SPARE G-E proiection lamp your dealer has plenty of popular high-wattage sizes! What a moment! Priceless pictures gliding across the screen ... a thrill for you and your friends . . . and then BLACKNESS! Don't let a burnout spoil your show. Keep a spare G-E projection lamp on hand. Your dealer now has plenty of these popular size G-E Lamps for movie projectors: 200-wott T-10 300-watt T-10 SOO-watt T-10 7S0-wan T-12 lOOO-watt T-12 See him today and get a SPARF ... so you'll be ready for emer gencies. However, for some slide projectors and projectors requiring lower wattage lamps, the supply of lamps is still limited. iff For better "still" pictures keep asking for SM G E LAM PS GENERAL ® ELECTRIC