Tourist film of Mexico. Focuses on Mazatlan, Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. Probably around or after 1968. Trois Joyaux du Mexique (Three Jewels of Mexico) Map with the names Mazatlan, Guadalajara and Port Vallarta. Los Angeles, California, USA Downtown street with cars (the building of Los Angeles City Hall is in the background). Los Angeles International Airport (1960's futuristic architecture) Encounter Restaurant (rests on a pillar 70-feet above the ground hidden by the spider legs). Men and women boarding a Mexicana jet airliner. Captain and controls. Plane departing. Aerial shot of Los Angeles City Hall. Air hostess with tray serving food to passengers. Aerial view of coast. Mexicana air plane arriving to Airport. MAZATLAN, MEXICO Sunset. Fire works. Huge party. People dancing a typical Mexican music. Band playing mambo. People dancing mambo. Balloons. Fireworks. Carnival: Allegoric cars marching along the street. People in costumes. Women waving. People dancing. Beach night-disco: people dancing 'twist'. A couple running to the sea to have a swim. Several shots of a beach resort. A modern hotel. Swimming pool, a man jumping from a trampoline. View of the sea. People in a balcony. Cerro de Vigia (Hill of Vigia). A big ship. Shot taken from the sailing ship. Shots of the sea. Airplane. Air hostess talking to passengers. Plane departing. GUADALAJARA, JALISCO'S CAPITAL, MEXICO A busy street with cars, bicycles, buses and horse driven carts. Little boy runs towards the cart and manages to sit down outside the back of the cart. Downtown old buildings. Plaza de Armas (main square). Interior, 'Man of Fire' painted by Jose Clemente Orozco in the Hospice Cabanas. Exterior Temple de Santa Monica, church built in 1700's. Traditional Spanish patios. Cathedral (has a number of altars and a big art collection). Fountain in Plaza de Armas, people walking. Several shots of fountain and square. "Theatre Degollado". Woman. Lots of women feeding the pigeons. Shots of the sky, vegetation, trees and water. Woman in balcony listening to the Mariachis band playing and signing 'a serenata' (a serenade) to the woman in the balcony. Funny! Flowers. Snazzy modern hotels. Fountain "Minerva". Interior of luxury hotels, lounges with people. Swimming pool. Dinning room. Tlaquepaque: Regional Ceramics Museum (Museo Regional de la Cerámica) shows the various styles and techniques used in the traditional pottery of the area. Car arriving to "Hotel Camino Real" (deluxe hotel with a country club atmosphere / manicured lawns and large shade trees). Mariachi bands playing around the swimming pool. Outdoor buffet being served. Busy restaurant with mariachis annoying the diners! Traditional music and dance in a big square (at least one minute and a half of dancing) . Lots of people watching and clapping at the end of the performance. Airplane. Lots of birds flying. Maybe Colima National Park? PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO Aerial shot of Puerto Vallarta's seaside resort. Lots of vegetation and birds. Honey moon couple: getting down the plane. Shopping. Arriving to hotel. Interior hotel, room service. Sightseeing. Having drinks in a terrace. View of Puerto Vallarta. Cuale River, white stucco houses with tile roofs, clinging to the mountainside. Visiting one of the houses. Village life. Man posing and woman painting. Couple with other people riding horses along the seashore. Then through a path (full of vegetation) to arrive to another beach. Los Arcos (The Arches) National Marine Park. - large offshore rocks with arches carved into them by waves ("The Night of the Iguana" was shot back here in 1963). The commentary explains about the rich variety of birds and sea life of this area. has Water Ski. Beautiful aerial shots. Couple in a boat. Snorkelling and diving. Underwater shots of divers and fish. Arrival of cooks to the beach. Barbequing. Table with gourmet sea food. Couple eating. A turkey. A deer. A mousse. Water fall. People enjoying a swim on the beach. People having drinks. Couple sun bathing and going for a swim. Beach at sunset, couple lie on the sand.

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