ANCIENT TEMPLES OF MEXICO YUCATAN & CHICHEN ITZA MAYAN PYRAMIDS 53824

This color film begins at Teotihuacan, the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, with its curled down snouts (:08-:19), followed by the turned up snouts at the Mayan Chichen Itza, including carvings on The Nunnery (:20:43). A serpent statue has a wide open mouth, followed by the reclining Chacmool statue (:44-:53). The Temple of the Warriors is shown (:54-1:07). Nearby is El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan (1:08-1:25). Looking west is the House of the Tigers and the Great Ball Court, where the game of Pitz was played. The rubber ball had to be bounced through the stone hoops without the use of hands (1:26-2:11). Also at Chichen Itza is El Caracol, the observatory (2:12-2:24). A descendant makes flour and another draws water up in a bucket at a well. Several women and a baby are shown up close (2:33-3:10). A man carries sticks on his back (3:11). The house roofs are thatched (3:17-3:25). The women leave to go to the market to sell and buy items, carrying items on their heads. Many different people are shown in the marketplace (3:26-4:30). In Merida, the baker’s delivery boys carry large metal ovens on their heads to keep the bread warm (4:31-5:00). A horse-drawn cab carries passengers to a house. A chair is used for them to step down on to reach the ground (5:01-5:38). Inside, the women join in a feast day during Lent, at which the unique Yucatan Khurana dance is performed (5:39-7:12). The women leave in the horse-drawn cab, colorful shoes climbing in on a chair (7:13-7:38). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com