Film Record: Central America

Still image from Central America.

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

H. Lee Hansen

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:23:57

Length:

900 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

UC San Diego Library list of titled amateur films

Description:

Kodachrome travelogue showing life and culture in Guatemala and Panama.

Resources:

This film contains footage shot in the 1940s and 1950s.

This film is a part of the H. Lee Hansen Collection held by the UC San Diego Library.

Locations:

• Guatemala (Filming)
• Colon, Panama (Filming)
• Panama Canal (Filming)

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
• Central America
•      Guatemala
•      Geography
•      Manners and Customs
•      Travel
•      Cities and towns

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

H. Lee Hansen Collection, UC San Diego Library

Viewing Notes:

"Guatemala (1950's) & Panama (1940's), market day, ethnic dance, road repair, flight from Guatemala to Panama, Colon city scenes, Panama canal, US aircraft carrier goes through the canal." Via UC San Diego Library.

Video Link:

• via UC San Diego Library

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