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Comedy Bullfight In La Paz Bolivia, 1950s - Film 96004

560 views · Published 20 June 2016 · 1:27 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: HuntleyFilmArchives · 2016 · Education

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La Paz: Wide open valley, snow capped mountains in background, in valley is city of La Paz. Camera moves closer to city.  Close still view of city, thousands of flat red tile roofs, the odd tree, some tall buildings and a few church spires.  
Bull ring, red sloping roof, many seats, snowy mountains in the background, man fighting a bull in foreground.  Close up, man in white shirt, funny little hut, small tie and  low rise black trousers being chased by a bull, ( he is Cantinflas, a Mexican  comedian or someone dressed like him)  as bull tries to toss him. Another man in a grey suit prances round the edge. Matador (Cantinflas) with red cape, bull charging matador's cape, bull tosses matador onto ground.  
Brown bull coming out of wooden gates.  Man in black being tossed to ground  by black bull, bull trots out of shot, man stands up, they  rewind the shot and play it again.  

La Paz: View of city, colonial palace in corner of shot, road transport appears climbing up steep road in far right of shot.  Sign saying "La Paz Airport", underneath is Inca style symbol.  Airport, one white terminal building, two tall red and white steel pylons and another building, mountains in background.  Aircraft puling into shot.  Pan-Am Airlines aircraft, door opens and men in suits, one wearing a trilby and another carrying a leather briefcase leave the aircraft.  Aircraft taxi-ing to runway in front of terminal.  Aircraft taking off.

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