Glimpses of Guatemala (1946)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 8M
Director : James A. FitzPatrick
Sinopsis
We begin this short visit to Guatemala at the port town of Livingstone, then journey up the Rio Dulce. We stop to watch men tap the trees, harvest the sap, and load the product onto small planes. At a local market, we see indigenous life much as it's been for hundreds of years. Then it's back to the coast, to the prosperous Isla de Flores, a trading island.
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