Peru 1950, Reel 1 of 9
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:57
| Film ID | F16-0042 |
| Film Description | Reel 1 of 9 Unedited travelogue Lima Cajamarquillo Chocico Miraflores Pachacamac ShotlistMarket.Donkey with milk cans. Market prices on tower. Mats, [stacked outside hut] Old Inca rivers south of Lima. Adobe steps and rivers. Mountains in background. Inca burial vaults; clay-lined pits. Bones in vaults. Line near base of mountain possibly ancient Inca canal built to carry water from mountain. Market. Machine for shaving ice; market, [some dark--3:59] Hobby museum built by natives on hill containing articles such as a streetcar, clay dog, clay pots. Fig trees, homes around Chocico. Modern stone-carved buildings, [perf.] Bougainvillea. (Pachacamac) 25 miles south of Lima. Paintings on walls. [According to Dr. Clark L. Erickson, this footage is valuable as these murals no longer exist. (3/2011)] Piece of plaster upended to show edge and thickness. Green and red plaster. Inca stonework forming trench. More ruins. Walls bored by worms. Cacti. Pyramid. Inca stone wall, [cu of masonry] Ocean (looks like pavement). Rectangular wall on ground. Characteristic irregular stones. Inca masonry. Ruins. Skull with cracked head. [mws--piece missing along left frontal…] Building. Sunset. Lima. Monastery courtyard. Statue of Mary. Spanish bridge. Building. Old coach. Bathtub of stone. Carriage. Building. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Peru, Pachacamac, Marketplaces, Antiquities, Inca ruins |
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