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Received from Dr. Guy W. Leadbetter, Jr. in 2002.
Guy W. Leadbetter films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
16mm amateur film taken by Dr. Guy W. Leadbetter, Sr. in Mexico (Mayan ruins), Hopi and Penobscot dances and Mexico City.
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Guy W. Leadbetter, Sr. was born in Bangor, Maine, graduated from Bowdoin College in 1916 and attended Johns Hopkins Medical School. He was an orthopedic surgeon in Washington, D.C. and a friend of Mayan archaeologist Sylvanus Morley. Leadbetter also gave lectures on astronomy for the National Park Service.
Footage shot by Guy W. Leadbetter of a trip to Mexico. Footage includes coverage of major Yucatan archaeological sites of Chichen Itza (all major ruins including El Castillo, the Great Ball Court, Cenote Sagrado, Temple of a Thousand Warriors, Temple of the Warriors, and "El Caracol" Observatory Temple; views of site and surrounding landscape from a high vantage point; and close-ups of carvings and architectural features), and Uxmal (all major ruins including Governor's Palace, Nunnery Quadrangle, and Pyramid of the Magician and and close-ups of carvings and architectural features) and Teotihuacan (all major ruins including Temple of the Sun, Temple of the Moon and Temple of Quetzalcoatl) northeast of Mexico City. Footage also incudes Xochimilco's canals with boats.
Legacy keywords: Archaeology Mexico ; Archeology sites ; Ruins archeological ; Tourism Mexico ; Architecture Conservation and restoration
HSFA 2002.15.4
Footage shot by Guy W. Leadbetter of a trip to Mexico includes a visit to Taxco de Alarcaon. Footage includes shots of the town from a high vantage point, various buildings including Santa Prisca church, and street scenes. Outside the town the film shows countryside; a cloister like structure; a village with women washing clothes at stream (western dressed woman gives coins to women) and child who is coaxed outside structure to be filmed; and distant views of the volcano Popocatepetl.
Legacy keywords: Cities and towns ; Street scenes ; Tourism Mexico ; Architecture Religious ; Volcanoes Mexico ; Architecture Mexico ; Architecture, Domestic
HSFA 2002.15.5