Land of Pueblos of Northern New Mexico (1940)

Opening credits: “Land of the Pueblos of Northern New Mexico.” Santa Fe Streamliner passenger train rounds the curve through “Apache Canyon” trail between two mountains; various views of Taos Pueblo (ȉałopháymųp’ȍhə́othə̀olbo) exterior; Pueblo woman covered in a blanket follows a donkey carrying a large bundle of firewood, she looks at the camera as she passes through a plaza; shot from behind of the two walking away, children running about on the plaza; a different woman with a blanket draped over her head places kindling in an outdoor domed adobe clay oven (horno); closer view of the horno’s mouth, fire blazing within; the same woman exits through the screen door of a pueblo carrying unbaked dough loaves on a tray covered in white gauzy fabric and places them on a small table before the horno; shot from above of her placing two loaves on a long wooden paddle and then into the horno; various shots from another angle facing the oven's opening as she takes out the baked loaves on same paddle; field of corn on stalks already at a good height, mountains and trees beyond; hanging ribbon  of corn cobs tied together; livestock corral made of logs and children playing; courtyard of the Santa Clara Pueblo (Kha'po Owingeh), two toddler girls and and older girl walking over to a well; different view of adobe and log buildings and Santa Clara Mission in background, the older girl carries a toddler into an opening behind a blanket while the other follows; Santa Clara Mission building; view of the plaza and buildings from beneath a sunshade; man standing atop a tall wooden beam pouring wet mud mixture across adobe bricks on wall he’s constructing, he then flattens it with a trowel; closer view of the man placing large rectangular adobe bricks on the mud and fills in cracks with trowel; children sit next small handmade pieces of pottery for sale, then two white men squat and inspect pieces; a little Pueblo girls picks up a small pot and addresses one of the man off camera who then takes it from her hand; back to her and the other children packing up the souvenirs; wide shot of Rio Grande Valley and Pueblo de San Ildefonso (P'ohwhóge Owingeh); panning shot of the pueblo’s plaza and adobe buildings; large kiva with mountains beyond; the steps leading up the kiva; a large group walks through the plaza, some carrying an effigy (Saint Ildefonso) under a black sunshade; a woman lights a candle on a table in a shrine; shot of the room with women and children standing or kneeling in the shrine; group of Pueblo men chanting in the plaza; group of male and female dancers in ceremonial dress dance; group of three men dance, the one in center holds a long wooden pole; the same man holds the pole which now is revealed to hold feathers, fox skins, and a bundle at the top, others dance nearby forming a line; closer view of the top of the pole with red feathers and fox tails flying, clouds behind; group of men and drummer dancing, now dark rain clouds behind them in the sky; same scene but of the larger group of men and women dancers; wide shot of E. San Francisco Street in Sante Fe looking towards The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, cars line the street and pass; closer view of the cathedral’s front, and then of the statue of Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy; Palace of the Governors Plaza in Santa Fe, then a woman walking down the colonnade of the building towards the camera, others milling about; white painted sign reading “The Old San Miguel Mission”; different views of the mission; exterior of adobe one-level De Vargas Street House and people passing by, then close-up of its sign that reads “Oldest House in the U.S.A.”, then more of the house’s exterior; Santa Fe post office exterior with long colonnade and cars parked along the street, then closer view showing “United States Post Office” and American flag; view down College Street, boy riding by on a bicycle and a pickup truck turning around, another view of the street, with cars, a man with a dog, and a sign for La Santa Fe Mexican Cafe; another view of the plaza focusing on the obelisk commemorating Union soldiers; close-up of the granite marker commemorating the Santa Fe Trail with dates, map, and “Erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Territory of New Mexico, 1910”; exterior of La Fonda Hotel; wide view of people siting at tables in the hotel’s interior courtyard; a group of white children and men sitting together in the courtyard; a Native man sits at a table in the courtyard selling handcrafted silver and turquoise jewelry to a person standing off-screen; close-up of the artist’s hand pulling out examples of the jewelry from a cigar box; wide shot people walking in a park past rows of flowers, then closer shot of three women walking down a row in the manicured flower garden; close up of orange dahlias, then a pink one; the head of giant marionette effigy Zozobra as it’s being hoisted, then more of it’s body is shown with its arms moving and mouth opening and closing; various shots of nighttime scene of it being burned, huge flames; “Entrada” parade watchers line a street down which ride men dressed as conquistadors; views of women wearing Spanish ceremonial dresses walk, little girls carry the red train of a woman dressed as a queen in white, then closer view of the Fiesta queen, and close-up of her smiling face; close-up of a mariachi playing the violin and laughing; crowd fills Governors Plaza; hanging wooded sign with silhouette of people on horseback and arrow pointing to The Bishop’s Lodge, foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains beyond; overhead of the lodge and mountains; closer shots of the steeple and roofline of the Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy Chapel; large horse stable and corral with horses and people standing about; cowboys or ranch hands rounding up horses in the corral; various shots of men strapping gear to horse backs; line of people on horseback walking down a hillside trail; white people standing around campsite in wooded area; close-up of a man stoking a fire, coffee percolator and pots nearby, and then another man places the percolator on to the fire; hand off-screen forking one of ten steaks grilling over the open fire, then another shot of fewer steaks and a fork flipping them over; a fisherman casting into a river, small waterfall, beaver dams and trees beyond; different views the flowing river surrounded by trees, then the party of campers on horseback crossing the river; field with stack hay bales and foothills beyond; a woman walking through the front gate of the adobe El Santuario de Chimayó with foothills behind; its large white cross, and then of its upper story and steeples, then through the gates at the facade; close view of a white man in a suit talking, a Ganado red Navajo blanket draped over this arm, then a wider shot of him holding up one end while a white woman holds up the other side as they display the blanket;  close-up of the blankets design; close-up of another blanket; car driving down a dirt road past slow-slung buildings; small adobe house in with strings of red chili peppers hanging from the roof over the porch; closer view of the chili peppers, then back to wider shot of the porch where there are bundles of onions hanging also; car driving down a road towards the camera past a hillside of yellow-leaved Aspen trees; Aspens fill the screen, two frame in the foreground, followed by other views; view of the canopy from the ground, leaves blowing, panning down to the ground; individual tree tops and blowing leaves; views snowy mountainside in Santa Fe Basin, a line of people cross-country skiing; top of mountain where the group of skiers rests and prepare skis; closer view of a man waxing his ski; skiers skiing down the mountain; a white woman cross-country skiing, and then wiping out as she begins skiing down the mountain; closer view of her laughing on the ground trying to right her ski that’s very stuck in the snow; a line-up of skiers follow each other down from the mountain top as seen from the front, and then from the back as they descend; train zips past and away from the camera; sunset over landscape, Santa Fe Railway logo over which is superimposed “Adios”; end credits: “Produced by World Travel Films, Wynnewood, Pa.”