Colonel Charles Lindberg arrives in Mexico City. General Alvaro Obegron and President Plutarco Elias Calles prepare to welcome Lindbergh. American humorist and comedian Will Rogers also present. Lindbergh lands in Mexico City. Policemen control the crowd as they rush towards Lindbergh. Lindbergh's motorcade escorted by policemen on motorbikes and horses. People gathered on the streets. General Alvarez, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Dwight Morrow and other officials with Lindbergh.
Pedestrians walking in streets of Mexico. POV Point of view shots from hand held camera, walking, with views of men and women walking through an arched corridor. Shoe shine boys work on shoes of patrons seated along the corridor. Views of the Zócalo or Plaza de la Constitución, the Palacio National (National Palace of Mexico), and the Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de María (Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral) across the plaza. 1960's and 1970's car traffic on road and pedestrians crossing road. Streets signs near traffic signal is shown. Sign for street "20 de Noviembre" is seen. Cars waiting at traffic signal. View of a guard holding a sign for the International Woman's Year conference. View of another guard standing near a bus stop opposite a large building marked 'Conference Mundial Internacional De La." (...Mujer). Below it is a sign advertising Mexican National Savings Bonds, "Bonos del Ahorra Nacional".
Statues and monuments in and around Mexico City, Mexico. Shows different statues in Mexico and El Angel, a victory column located on a roundabout in city. Close view of statue representing Winged Victory in golden color.
A man driving a 1917 Ford model T roadster along a severely rutted mud-filled street. A 1917 Ford Model T, one ton truck, trapped in mud. Frustrated driver gets out and kicks a rear tire. Road building crews at work with horse-drawn equipment. Road construction with large steam powered machinery. A 1917 model T roadster driving along a new smooth concrete road. Women making purchases at a sidewalk stand and placing them into their Ford Model T sedan. A doctor arrives at house of a patient, in a Ford Model T roadster. Americans driving Ford Model T cars in the National Parks circa 1920s. Cars driving past a giant redwood tree. Man in a Ford Model T stopped beside woods and feeding a bear in a National Park, as a Park Ranger stands nearby. Ford Model T driving through the tunnel cut in the "Wawona" giant sequoia tree, in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias at Yosemite National Park. A 1918 Ford Model T touring car parked at a picnic site, with family sitting at picnic table nearby. Families with Ford Model T cars, engaged in outdoor activities, picnicking, and gathering wild flowers. Two men making their Model T into a shelter for overnight camping. Family picnicking at a beach; their Model T parked on road above. A man in a 1920s era swim suit carries a basket for a picnic to others in his family seated near rocks. 1920s or 1930s boy and girl children playing on a beach; picking up seaweed; and wading in the surf, near large rocks.
Health education film from the early 1920's in the United States. Shows effects of gonorrhea and syphilis in the children of disease sufferers in the United States. Contrasting scenes of healthy children playing, and healthy happy 1920's families with wife, husband, and boy and girl children are shown. Opens with a sickly infant suffering from syphilis and birth defects passed on from the father. Girls born blind due to gonorrhea are seen playing with a ball. The disease has been passed on from the father to the mother. Contrasting scenes show healthy children as they climb a stone wall and tree. A girl holds flowers and boy and girl children gather nearby, all wearing early 20th century 1920s era clothing. A man proposes marriage to a woman as they sit on the steps of a house. He puts an engagement ring on her finger. Husband in suit enters a backyard. His son runs toward him happily to greet him. His wife and another child approach to greet him. Hammock in the background. Children play with their mother and father. Boys somersault on the lawn.
The international border between United States and Mexico at Tijuana. The check point of Immigration and Custom Department of Mexico. First scene shot from the Mexican side shows cars entering Mexico from USA, motioned on by Mexican inspectors, the building with arches is the Mexican Customs office, The two story building behind Mexican inspector is the USA Customs office, Scene with cars shot from behind was taken from the USA side of the border and shows cars entering Tijuana. ( Note: The USA Customs office shown here still exists today but no longer functions as such, the Mexican customs office building was demolished.)