Seeing El Salvador (1945)
• March 30th, 1945 • 0h 9min
Documentary
Overview
This Traveltalk series short starts in San Salvador, El Salvador's capital, emphasizing the Spanish architectural heritage. We then go to the Izalco Volcano, which was created in 1770 by an eruption of the Santa Ana Volcano. The focus then shifts to the country's agriculture. The two main products are coffee and henequen, a plant with tough, fibrous leaves used to make rope, baskets, and other products.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Sans Soleil
Released on: 1983-03-02
Documentary
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words...
Andrei Bely: Armenia
Released on: 2019-01-01
Documentary
The film is a cinematic interpretation of the travel book “Armenia” by Russian poet Andrei Bely.
An Uncountable Number of Threads
Released on: 2023-02-01
Documentary
Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a med...
Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
When Tomoko finds some messages for a 'Mr Smith' on a lost mobile phone, she finds herself on an 'Al...
The Endless Summer
Released on: 1966-06-15
Documentary
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...
Maria's Story
Released on: 1991-01-18
Documentary
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Ma...
Picturesque India or, In and About Calcutta
Released on: 1913-01-01
Documentary
Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.
To the Four Corners
Released on: 1957-05-01
Documentary
Haunting colour travelogue taking in Ulster, Lewis, Lincoln and Cardiff's Tiger Bay.
Swimming to Cambodia
Released on: 1987-03-13
Documentary, Comedy
Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance enc...
Beautiful Budapest
Released on: 1938-04-16
Documentary
This Traveltalk series short visits Hungary's capital, Budapest.
Nikita Kino
Released on: 2003-02-01
Documentary
The film is a travelogue of sorts. Ostrovsky’s personal family footage meets the archives of Soviet ...
Ocular
Released on: 2020-11-26
Documentary, Mystery
Inspired by Chris Marker's Sans Soleil, a girl decides to make her own rendition of Marker's mesmeri...
The Crazy Life
Released on: 2008-09-20
Documentary
A documentary about the rival gangs Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, originating in Los Angeles but ter...
Portrait of Dublin
Released on: 1952-01-01
Documentary
This short film was made by filmmaker (later archivist) Liam Ó Laoghaire (aka Liam O’Leary) and was ...
Rodez
Released on: 2017-11-01
Documentary
An exploration of Rodez Cathedral and its stained glass windows: praying figures and scientific imag...
Outerborough
Released on: 2005-04-19
Documentary
In 1899, a photographer at American Mutoscope & Biograph mounted his camera on the front of a trolle...
When the Road Ends
Released on: 2020-02-10
Documentary
Growing up in poverty as a child, Dylan dreamt of travelling the world on a motorcycle. Many years l...
Der Kilometerfresser
Released on: 1925-06-03
Documentary
Sports enthusiast Ernest is to cover 6,000 kilometers on his motorcycle in 15 days, crossing Austria...
Atomic Pilgrimage: Ghost Towns, Nuclear Relics, and Lost Civilizations on the Road to the Trinity Site
Released on: 2019-06-07
Documentary
A 40-day, 40-night road trip to the Trinity Site—where the first atomic bomb was detonated in the su...
Modern New Orleans
Released on: 1940-05-11
Documentary
This Traveltalk look at New Orleans starts at the recently modernized port and harbor facilities, wi...