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Mexico: The Land and the People

Mexico: The Land and the People

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1961

Runtime

0h 20m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Mexico: The Land and the People

Production Companies

Encyclopædia Britannica Films

Description

This film portrays the changes that are taking place in Mexico, including the growth of a middle class society which is developing as a result of education and industrial progress. It includes views which show Mexico as an old country with new ideas, striving to provide a better life for its people, pointing out the Indian village and primitive open-air markets within a few minutes' drive of a city with beautiful parks, fine theaters, and office buildings.