Ecuador.
A story about national cuisine (in Spanish).
A kitchen in a private house.
Cupboards with dishes, kitchen utensils.
A cook is cooking.
A living room.
A family and guests at the table.
A panorama of the rooms of the house.
Table setting.
Large pieces of fruit.
Guests are eating.
An interview with the hostess at the stove (in Spanish).
Chicken legs in a frying pan.
Peppers are pounded in a mortar, large pieces.
Ready meals are on the table.
Guests are eating, chatting at the table.
Spices are pounded in a mortar, large pieces.
Large pieces of ingredients for a national dish.
Kitchen stoves in a cafe, a cook is cooking.
A visitor to the cafe is served cream soup.
The presenter is preparing a national dish.
1990s
Ecuador
Story about Cotopaxi National Park (in Spanish).
Ecuador.
Andes.
Cotopaxi National Park.
Mountain peaks, volcanoes.
Cotopaxi Volcano.
The bus enters the reserve.
Nature: trees, grass, stream.
Tourists.
House with the sign "Pasochoa Environmental Studies Center".
Children's excursion.
Children walk along a path.
Landscapes.
Lush thickets of trees, bushes.
Flowers, grass.
Birds in the forest.
Forest house.
Tourists walk through the reserve.
Deer.
Alpacas.
Fog over snow-capped peaks.
Flowers in the reserve.
Streets of the town.
Tourists in the hotel.
Cooking national dishes.
An old man cooks tortillas in a vat of oil.
Interview with the cook (in Spanish).
The cook puts national dishes on plates.
Tourists at the table.
Fire in the fireplace.
1990s
Ecuador, Andes
Story about the Ecuadorian Archaeology Museum (in Spanish).
Map of Ecuador.
Pacific Ocean coast.
Points of cities are indicated with a pencil.
Wooden figurine of rowers in a boat.
Ancient stone objects, carvings, jewelry (archaeology).
Museum of archaeological culture.
Archaeological excavations.
An archaeologist brushes sand off bones.
Human skeletons (burial).
Pacific Ocean coast.
People on the beach.
Sailboat, motorboat, boats with fishermen.
Fishermen with their catch.
Vacationers on the beach sunbathing and swimming.
A vendor with water.
Girls in bathing suits.
Men with nets.
A flock of seagulls near the shore.
Seagulls circle above the caught small fish.
Tents on the coast.
Market.
Cooking food over a fire.
Museum of archaeological culture.
An archaeologist shows tourists human remains from ancient burials.
Tourists climb a mountain, pass a wooden cross.
Tourists enter the museum premises.
They examine ancient objects, exhibits behind glass.
1990s
Ecuador
Story about the city of Cotacachi (in Spanish).
Ecuador.
A bus goes along the road past the Andes.
Mountain peaks.
Women fiddling with dough.
Taking pastries out of the oven.
Dough in a vat.
The ethnic town of Cotacachi.
A street of the town.
People walking past a pizzeria.
A street vendor.
A woman in national dress.
Men in a boat, rowing.
Sailboats.
A pedalo.
Ethnic houses on the coast.
Women in long dresses walking on water (washing).
A Catholic religious procession through the streets of the town.
Women kneeling.
A group of children in white wedding clothes.
A workshop for making musical instruments.
A sewing workshop.
A leather goods store.
Tourists choosing bags, trying on clothes.
Signs on the street.
Faces of girls.
Volcanoes.
A lake surrounded by mountains.
A boat sailing on a lake.
A rose.
A peacock.
A parrot.
A swimming pool.
A cafe.
A waitress serves tourists.
A musical ensemble plays in the hotel yard.
A cook puts national dishes on a plate.
Tourists eat.
Children dance in a circle in the street.
An ethnic holiday.
People in national costumes sing and dance.
1990s
Ecuador, Cotacachi
A story about the national music and dances of Ecuador (in Spanish).
Ecuador.
A small town street.
A folklore ensemble performing in the open air.
A procession with dolls.
Musicians and dancers in bright theatrical costumes.
Carnival.
Folk dancing on the streets of a small town (many shots).
A national rite around a pole with a person tied to it.
1990s
Ecuador
Ecuador, small town.
River with a rocky bottom.
Bridge over the river, houses.
Women washing clothes in the river.
Small town.
Flower market.
Catholic architectural monuments.
Catholic figurines.
View of the town (background).
People on the streets, street trading.
Forging of iron products.
Hat vendors (sombrero) on the street.
Hat weaving, many hats on the ground.
A boy running with a hat.
Street fruit vendors.
Newsboy.
Many people on the street.
Colorful houses.
Market square, selling clay jugs.
Souvenir shop.
A woman trying on a leather jacket.
Dolls in the window.
A woman trying on a necklace in a jewelry store.
A crowd of tourists with suitcases.
Hotel signs, cuts.
People at tables in a cafe.
Outdoor cafe.
Meat being grilled.
People eating national dishes.
A couple in love at a table.
They light a candle and kiss.
1990s
Ecuador
Story about the equator line (in Spanish).
Ecuador.
Buses travel along the highway.
The village of Mitad del Mundo (the equator line passes through it).
Pedestal with a bronze globe "Center of the World".
Monument to the Ecuadorian scientist Pedro Vicente Maldonado.
People at the monument.
People walk one after another along the equator line.
A girl stands upside down on her hands on the equator line.
Tourists at the "Center of the World" pedestal.
Tourists are given personalized diplomas.
Stone ruins of Rumicho.
A bus travels through the town (cabin with driver).
Buses on the highway.
City life, sketches.
A street vendor.
Fruit.
Signs.
Newspaperman.
Market: flowers, national woven hats.
A woman tries on glasses and a necklace.
A hotel behind bars.
A green valley.
Cows graze on the grass.
A street stall with meat.
Children's pool, children swimming.
View from the car window of the surrounding area.
Road sign with names of cities in Ecuador.
People on the streets of the city.
Street trade of local goods (food, souvenirs).
People enter a Catholic church.
Fragment of the service.
People in the church yard light candles.
View from the car window of a green valley with mountains.
Sign to Guallabamba.
A minibus drives up to a restaurant.
Tourists get off the bus, enter the restaurant.
Waiter with a plate of avocado soup.
Tourists at the tables.
Large plate of avocado soup.
A girl is eating.
Women at a fruit stand.
A girl is eating fruit.
Mazapan (marzipan) sweets shop.
Making sweet figurines.
Large colorful figurines of sweet birds and animals.
1990s
Ecuador, Mitad del Mundo
A story about the fauna of the Galapagos Islands (in Spanish).
The animal world of Ecuador.
Map, North and South America.
The Galapagos Islands on the map.
The film crew boards the plane.
People in the airplane cabin.
View of the islands from the window.
Tourists exit the plane.
Stamps in the passports.
Birds and animals of the islands, cutting.
Tourists in a rubber boat.
The yacht approaches the island.
Rocky shores, volcanic faults.
Waves beat against the rocks.
An old map with a ship.
Portrait of Charles Darwin (explored the islands).
Flamingos.
Sea lions.
A felt-tip pen draws multi-colored stripes on the map.
Tourists watch turtles in an enclosure.
A huge Galapagos tortoise.
Iguanas.
A girl sunbathing, an iguana sits on a rock nearby.
Galapagos conolof (iguanidae family).
Island birds.
Tourists on the shore, in a boat.
Tourists walking around the island, taking pictures.
Exotic birds, cutting.
Flamingos on the shore.
Small birds.
Birds with yellow beaks (gannet family).
Blue-footed boobies.
Penguins come out of the water onto the rocks.
Sea lions swim in a flock, jump out of the water.
A film crew swims past the shore.
A man in a mask in the water, a sea lion jumps nearby.
A diver holds a starfish.
Divers swim, dive.
A pod of dolphins swims in front of a yacht.
Cutting engravings: development of the Galapagos Islands.
Portrait of Charles Darwin.
Vacationers dive.
Hotel, tourists on a bus.
Women try on T-shirts.
Outdoor cafe, the presenter takes an interview in Spanish.
People in a cafe, walking along the street.
Various signs.
Hotel signs.
Hotel staff.
Kitchen.
Veranda, a vacationer swings in a hammock.
Children launch boats.
Passenger sea vessels.
Liners.
Passengers sunbathing on the deck.
Yacht.
A passenger puts food on a plate.
A film crew on a yacht.
The captain points to the water.
A school of dolphins in the sea.
1990s
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador.
Lake, mountains.
Road, fields.
Views of the city from above.
Streets of the town.
Catholic University, view of the building from above.
University grounds, gates.
Catholic church.
Powerful tree.
People on the street.
Window display of a clothing store.
Signs on the streets.
Market, souvenir trade.
Sign "Sweets factory (nougat, grape syrup, blackberry)".
Confectioners make nougat.
Nougat with large nuts.
Sign "Ice cream".
Confectioner makes ice cream.
Girl at a table eating ice cream.
Sign and hotel building.
Flowers in a flowerbed.
People drinking beer.
Folk ensemble playing.
Craftsman carves a wooden statuette of Christ the Savior.
Felt hats for sale on the street.
Hat workshop.
Girls try on hats.
Women sell stoles.
Man working at a spinning wheel.
Woman embroidering at a sewing machine.
Views of the city.
Market.
Trade in hats, clothes, scarves, bags.
Earthworks, men with shovels.
1990s
Ecuador
Ecuador.
Guayaquil.
People, views of the city (cut).
Botanical Garden (Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil).
Tourists enter the garden.
Model of the garden, a guide and tourists near the model.
Tourists walk along the garden path.
Plants and signs with names.
Water lilies and bees close-up.
Orchids close-up (many shots).
A car drives along the road, flowers on the side of the road.
A sign pointing to the forest (Bosque protector cerro blanco - White Mountain Protected Forest).
Map showing the city of Guayaquil and the White Mountain Forest.
Forest area.
Trees, flowers, birds, insects.
Sunset.
1990s
Ecuador, Guayaquil
Ecuador.
River, green hills.
Children swimming in the river, laughing (many shots).
Woman washing clothes in the river.
Boat floating on the river.
Coastal village, view from above (cut shots).
Locals on the street.
Workshop for making musical instruments.
The craftsman makes a xylophone from bamboo, plays it.
Percussion instruments in the workshop, hats on the wall.
Clothes hanging.
View of the river from the window.
Woman talking about bamboo.
Preparing the stage for the performance.
Children carrying chairs.
Concert.
Many spectators.
On the stage, different ensembles perform national dances (many shots).
1990s
Ecuador
TV studio.
The presenter is talking to the guest (in Spanish), the conversation is about light aviation, flights.
The story is about a flight over Ecuador.
A light aircraft flies over fields.
The titles are “Flight of the Condor”.
An image of a bird – the Andean condor.
A river with steep banks from a bird’s eye view.
Map of Ecuador.
A view of a green valley and forests from above.
A view of a volcano crater from above.
Snow-capped mountain peaks, volcanoes.
Views of the coast from above (many shots), a map of Ecuador.
A cameraman films a helicopter taking off.
Views of valleys from the helicopter cockpit.
A cameraman with a video camera.
A helicopter in the air.
The cameraman films from the open door of the helicopter.
A river, forest from above.
The helicopter has landed.
1990s
Ecuador
Ecuador.
City views, people on the streets.
Cars on the highway.
Sign to the forest/nature reserve (Bosque petrificado puyango – petrified forest).
Forest thickets, river.
Nature reserve territory.
Car drives through the barrier.
Local inhabitants of the reserve.
Veranda, young man singing with a guitar.
Visitors to the reserve walk along a rocky path.
Sign in Spanish "Sendero de los ajos".
The presenter sits on a petrified tree trunk, talks about the forest (in Spanish).
Petrified trunks, debris and stumps (many shots) Sign in Spanish "Tronco petrificado gigante" (trunk of a petrified giant).
The presenter talks about fossils (in Spanish).
Tourists walk through the forest.
A huge tree, tourists hug the trunk.
Sign "Al soldado desconocido" (tomb of the unknown soldier).
Forest hotel, cabins.
Tourists by the river.
Flowers, trees.
Birds.
Boys in the river.
Evening.
Tent by the river.
Moon in the night sky.
1990s
Ecuador
Ecuador, ocean coast.
Lots of shots with vacationers.
Sketches of tourists' life.
Adults, children.
Coastal hotels, cafes, etc.
1990s
Ecuador
Tourists get off the plane.
Travel by bus, get off the bus.
Tourists board a boat.
Tourists sail down the river on a boat, a motorboat.
Go ashore.
Tourists walk through the humid equatorial forest.
Insects, butterflies.
Tourists look at a monkey.
Tourists sail down the river in a canoe.
Water thickets.
Tourists walk through the forest, take pictures, talk on the radio.
A motorboat sails down the river (long shot, view from above).
Local fishermen pull out a huge fish by the fishing line.
Tourists sail up to the boat in a boat, go on board.
Tourists drink drinks on the boat.
National dishes, cooks on the boat.
Nature.
Thickets, water.
Birds.
Tourists in a boat look through a telescope, binoculars.
Tourists in a museum.
Men (locals) row a boat down the river.
There are small children in the boats.
Women (local) carrying small children.
Sunset over the river.
1990s
Ecuador