The Inter American Conference in Mexico. Officials and dignitaries seated around a table during the conference. Mexico Foreign Affairs minister Ezequiel Padilla Penaloza sign the pact. A dignitary from Brazil signs the pact. Representative of Cuba and Peru sign the pact. U.S. Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr. signs the Chapultepec Pact. A finger points out at the signs on the pact. Edward shakes hands with a dignitaries after signing the pact.
A Bell Aerosystems Rocket belt is flown by pilot Bob Courter in Mexico as a demonstration for the Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The jet pack demonstration takes place in Mexico City. The clip begins with a shot of a man holding balloons as he walks off. People and a helicopter in the foreground. Two technicians wearing Bell Aerosystems uniforms help pilot Bob Courter adjust the Bell Rocketbelt before he takes off in front of the assembled crowd, and flies over a field for the gathered crowd while wearing the jetpack.
Cuban Colonel Fulgencio Batista in Mexico. President of Mexico Lazaro Cardenas with Fulgencio Batista and his family and other Cuban officials who are on a goodwill trip. The officials standing and talking on a gangway at a port. The officials walk up the gangway to a vessel. Colonel Batista with his family members and other government officials inside the vessel. The vessel underway at sea
People walking on a street, some carrying straw bags for shopping, in a town in Mexico. The women are wearing shawls and the men are wearing white, wide-brimmed hats. View of a crowded open-air market in Mexico. Mexicans shop for produce such as potatoes. Mexican peddlers selling cloth, earrings and baskets. A farmer walks beside a road in the Mexican countryside. Beside the farmer is his donkey carrying baskets. The farmer’s dog walks on the road. Farmer walks behind donkey as dog trails behind them after they crossed the road. View of Mexican city with hills. A traditional Catholic procession with children wearing white on a Mexican street. The children carry a sign that reads, "Jardín de niños Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" and are thus likely children from a kinder school by that name that is located at San Miguel #19, 08600 Iztacalco (the neighborhood of the Asunción in Iztacalco). A jeep adorned with floral garlands trail behind the children. The jeep pulls a decorated cart carrying two women and a pair of banana trees.
View of Plaza De Constitution and The Cathedral, with automobile traffic in foreground, at Mexico City. The16 feet high bell of the Cathedral. The National Theater under construction with sculpture work in archway. Tourists walk around fountain in Alameda park. View of Independence Monument and The Paseo De La Reforma Boulevard. Chapultepec Castle seen in distance at the end of the Boulevard. Slate states that Montezuma's Palace stood on Chapultepec Hill. People ascending steps toward entrance of Chapel on Tepeyac Hill. View of Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe from Tepeyac Hill. Elevated wide view of buildings of Mexico City.
View of tree lined Aztec Viga Canals in Mexico City. Indian poles boat through muddy water. Vegetables grow in the garden along canals. Man pushes boatload of fruits and vegetables down canals. Woman in boat makes tortillas. The palace gardens of the former Empress Charlotte. Views of the ancient aqueduct system in Mexico City.