# "FROM A MEXICAN NOTEBOOK" 1960s MEXICO TOURIST FILM ACAPULCO, MEXICO CITY, GUANAJUATO 67064

This film made by Hamilton Wright for the Mexican Department of Tourism begins in Mexico City, explores Acapulco, Taxco, Guanajuato, the temples of Teotihuacan, Lake Pátzcuaro, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Puebla. The film tries to give a sense of the presence of history in these places and create a sense of romance in order to to entice visitors. We believe it dates to 1968, the same year Mexico hosted the Olympics. (TRT 19:50) (0:10) A map of the Western hemisphere, Mexico bracketed by the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Marimba music plays. (0:20) Title, "From a Mexican Notebook, Produced for the Mexican Government Department of Tourism by the Hamilton Wright Organization, Inc.". Aerial views of Mexico City under the title screen, including traffic. (1:01) Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral. (1:15) Palacio de Bellas Artes (1:20) Hotels - El Diplomatico, Plaza, El Presidente (1:36) Boats float, families perambulate at Chapultepec Park (2:07) Elephants perform in the park (2:20) Trajinera boats, called "Chichimec canoes". One has "Wells Fargo" spelled in flowers. A mariachi plays on a boat, a woman sells flowers to tourists on the water. Marimba music forms the soundtrack. (3:15) A bullfight, the "fiesta brava". (3:43) Neon lights, dancing couples in a club. (4:04) A bus leaves an Estrella de Oro bus station, headed to Acapulco. (4:40) A mountain highway (4:45) Aerial view of Acapulco, with harbor, resorts, pool (5:37) Synchronized skiers, a hang glider on…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Travel, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/67064-mexican-notebook-vwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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