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Mexico City

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_1
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:00 - 01:00:25

POV from car; unidentified statue; various 1950s model American cars drive; multi-storey buildings (residential high-rises or commercial buildings); pedestrians.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_2
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:25 - 01:00:34

Empty tree-lined avenue leading to El Angel de la Independencia (The Angel of Independence); some automobile traffic in distance.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_3
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:34 - 01:00:39

Chapultepec Castle; Mexican flag flying; pine trees and other greenery in FG.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_4
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:39 - 01:00:52

POV from car; driving down tree-lined avenue toward El Angel de la Independencia (The Angel of Independence) and traffic circle (roundabout); various 1940s and 1950s model cars. Tilt up shot of statue.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_5
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:00:52 - 01:01:08

Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts); traffic and palm trees in FG, 1940s and 1950s model cars and buses; pedestrians.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_6
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:01:08 - 01:01:28

El Zocalo Square (Main Square, Arms Square, Constitution Square, Plaza de la Constitucion); traffic and pedestrians; 1940s and 1950s model cars; cable cars; National Palace (Palacio Nacional) in BG; exterior Palacio Nacional; Mexican flag. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (Cathedral Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Maria); Mexican Flag; traffic in FG.

Mexico City - NAUM Campus
Clip: 467551_1_7
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:01:28 - 01:02:06

Main campus of National Autonomous University of Mexico; Central Library building; exterior of library building is decorated with Aztec inspired murals; student entering library; Rectorate Tower, statue and students in FG.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_8
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:02:06 - 01:02:19

Traffic circle (roundabout); 1940s and 1950s model cars; Monumento a Colon (Monument to Christopher Columbus) in center of traffic circle. Pan down tree-lined avenue, multi-story buildings.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_9
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:02:19 - 01:03:11

Street market; woven belts (or scarves) with traditional Mexican designs; painted and handcrafted plates; miniature wood-carved toy boats; wood-carved masks. Traditional poncho hanging and blowing in breeze. Older adult Mexican man making a firework wheel.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_10
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:03:11 - 01:04:19

Night time -- firework wheel with banner “Viva El Corazon De Maria.” More firework wheel with flares burning, one including figures of a man and woman; firework wheel spinning; firework wheel spinning with horse figure in the center; firework wheel spinning.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_11
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:04:19 - 01:05:01

High angle shot of sprawl in Mexico City; Colonial and modern architecture; mountains in BG. High angle shot street, traffic; 1940s and 1950s model cars; pedestrians. POV from moving car looking up at multi-story building; large crowd of adult men and women on sidewalk, looking at the building; adult male street vendor pushing food cart. High angle shot looking down street, automobile and pedestrian traffic; Colonial buildings.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_12
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:05:01 - 01:05:12

Equestrian Statue of Charles IV of Spain; skyscraper (office building).

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_13
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:05:12 - 01:06:00

Cathedral towers and Colonial buildings; greenery and trees in FG; mountains in BG. Traffic circle (roundabout); 1940s and 1950s model cars; multi-story buildings; Monumento a Colon (Monument to Christopher Columbus) in center of traffic circle.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_14
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:06:00 - 01:06:11

Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts); street traffic and pedestrians, 1940s and 1950s model cars, buses; palm trees in FG. Equestrian Statue of Charles IV of Spain; skyscraper (office building) in BG.

Mexico City - Countryside
Clip: 467551_1_15
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:06:11 - 01:06:51

Rural land outside of Mexico City; rural highway leading to city in distance; light traffic; panning shots of rural countryside; green, open land and trees.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_16
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:06:51 - 01:07:40

VS Mexico City: multiple buildings, skyscraper and more skyscrapers under construction in BG; pedestrians walking in large, open park space; people sitting on stairs and some 1930s style cars parked in BG; street traffic and buildings. Multi-story building, adult man on bicycle and car pass by in FG. Street traffic, 1940s and 1950s model cars, skyscrapers in BG. High angle shot of city street lined with multi-story buildings (modern architecture), street traffic. High angle shot of boulevard, median lined with palm trees; light traffic and pedestrians. Triangular-shaped skyscraper; building to left has "Buick" sign.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_17
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:07:40 - 01:08:35

VS Mexico City: parking lot full of 1940s and 1950s model cars, some pedestrians, cacti in FG; shot looking down urban street; pedestrians on sidewalk, modern buildings in FG and colonial buildings in BG, pedestrians dodging light traffic; adult men, women, and children walking in a colonial plaza, stone architecture, pillars, arches; Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, cable cars and pedestrians in FG.

Mexico City - NAUM Campus
Clip: 467551_1_18
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:08:35 - 01:09:18

VS National Autonomous University of Mexico campus: panning shot of campus buildings, Rectorate tower, snow-covered mountains in BG (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Popocatepetl, and Iztaccihuatl), road in FG, car and pedestrians; High angle panning shot of NAUM campus buildings, parking lot with 1940s and 1950s model cars.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_19
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:09:18 - 01:10:57

Civilians at military parade in street, buildings and Monumento a Colon (Monument to Christopher Columbus) in BG. Panning shots of multi-story buildings. Traffic, 1940s and 1950s model cars, pedestrians riding bikes. Panning shots of buildings, street traffic, spectators gathered on sidewalk for parade. Unidentified equestrian statue, traffic on street in FG. Fire truck driving down street beneath banner during parade, spectators lining sidewalks. Multi-story building, crowd of people on sidewalk, pedestrians and traffic. Curved skyscraper (modern architecture), street traffic in FG. High-rise apartment building, crowd outside building. POV from car, passing Monumento a Colon. Tilt up to top of skyscraper, Mexican flag at top of building.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_20
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:10:57 - 01:11:02

Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts); traffic and pedestrians in FG.

Mexico City - Postcard
Clip: 467551_1_21
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:11:02 - 01:11:03

“Mexico City” postcard featuring the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_22
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:11:03 - 01:11:12

High angle shot of Colonial plaza; pedestrians and street traffic; cars, buses, cable cars; National Palace in BG.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_23
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:11:12 - 01:11:15

Unidentified multi-story building, modern architecture; reflecting pool and Mexican flags in FG.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_24
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:11:15 - 01:11:57

POV from car, El Angel de la Independencia (The Angel of Independence). POV driving away from El Angel de la Independencia, traffic in FG, small cacti lining median. Hipodromo de las Americas horse racing track, race in progress. POV from car, Monumento a Cuauhtemoc (Monument to Cuauhtemoc). POV driving away from El Angel de la Independencia, traffic, 1940s and 1950s model cars and buses. Multi-story Burroughs bank building, Monunmento a la Revolucion (Monument to the Revolution) in BG. Hilton Hotel.

Mexico City - NAUM Campus
Clip: 467551_1_25
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:11:57 - 01:12:07

Rectorate tower at National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Bird in Cage
Clip: 467551_1_26
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:12:07 - 01:12:11

Small bird inside of a cage.

Mexico City
Clip: 467551_1_27
Year Shot: 1957 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1996
Original Film: WPA 1628
HD: N/A
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Timecode: 01:12:11 - 01:14:06

Traffic driving down avenue, 1940s and 1950s model cars, El Angel de la Independencia (The Angel of Independence) in BG, adult female pedestrian crossing street. Fountain in a city plaza. Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts). Curved multi-story building (modern architecture), open windows. High-rise apartment building, residents standing on balcony.