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Title card: “Here Comes the Plane! All Aboard For Mexico, Yucatan and Guatemala!” Man with checkered flags stands in runway in a grassy field as a plane stops in front of him. Other men lean ladders against the plane and walk up plane's stairs. “Street scenes in Uruapan.” Shot of a shadowy alley between long rows of buildings. A man and young boy in sombreros walk with three donkeys that carry loads tied to their backs. Cuts to another street between long rows of buildings with terracotta tile roofs. A few cars and people mill about. A few people have donkeys, and a few stray dogs/cats wander. “National Park in Uruapan.” Shot of a terracotta tile roof building with vines climbing wall and a big bush beside it. “Smoke of Paricutin, 24 miles distant.” (Paricutin is a volcano in Michoacan, Mexco—considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world.) Shot of volcano and smoke in distance with trees, a field, a split rail fence, rows of feather grass and a dirt road in foreground. “All vegetation for miles has been ruined.” Shot of bare tree and bare ground, then a shot of more ill-looking trees.