https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d2cf9898-a939-47bd-a4e3-4e588c859534 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Part 1 of this film can be seen at: https://youtu.be/LT-SRRT0Zd8 Part 2 of this film can be seen at: https://youtu.be/zrIvaj4Hh-s This travelog film by Norman Schley, a filmmaker from Waukesha, Wisconsin USA, who made a series of films under the moniker "Schley Ride" and/or "Picturelogue inc." dates to the early to mid 1950s. This particular account is a more “contemporary” account of previous Schley Ride episodes to Acapulco Bay and Mexico City, Mexico. The installment highlights the natural beauty of Acapulco Bay and the cultural phenomena of Mexico City through a montage of film footage. Acapulco coastline as seen from window (0:08). Women cross street in the city center (0:10). Tourists sunbathe by the hotel pool of Hotel De Las Americas (0:17). Beach club Club Sirocco (0:40)...interestingly a restaurant still exists in the city with this name! Portraits of local boys (0:58). Home built into solid rock of Acapulco’s famous cliffs (1:02). Golf course that was the former airfield for the airport (1:06). Local boys and fishermen at the dock (1:29). Caleta Beach of Western Side of Acapulco Bay (1:50). Sunglass vendor (2:06). La Quebrada Cliffs (2:16). Villas of El Mirador Hotel (2:29). Passengers waiting on tarmac to board what appears to be Aeromexico plane, probably a Douglas DC-6 (2:41). Neon sign and light displays advertisements in downtown Mexico City (3:45) including a sign for Elgin Watches, Kodak (3:47), Victor Adding Machines (3:49), Dos Equis cerveza (3:52), Goodrich tires (3:55), Carta Blanca beer (4:00) and more. The roof of what may be the Palacio Bella Artes illuminated at night (4:07). People gather outside the practice bullfighting arena (4:35). Plaza de Toros Monumental de México (5:48). Statue of Manuel Rodriguez ‘Manolete’ at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City (5:59). Ceremonial procession of toreadors and horse riders at the Plaza de Toros stadium (6:57). Bullfighting (7:54-13:08). Perhaps Jardín de Santiago (13:21). Ending scenes on an American Airlines plane, heading home (14:22). Closing credits (14:53). Tourism to Mexico rose in popularity in the mid-twentieth century around the time when the Mexican government began to heavily promote Mexico to foreign tourists. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s the Mexican government developed beach resorts in Acapulco under president Miguel Alemán. Acapulco became a preferred getaway for Hollywood stars and millionaires. Mexico City was poised as a bustling capital where tourists could observe cultural spectacles and stunning displays of architecture. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link 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 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80pwL8n3ze0 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:22:56 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d2cf9898-a939-47bd-a4e3-4e588c859534 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.