Excavations At La Venta

Duration: 12:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1963

Creator: University of California, Extension Media Center, Berkeley, California

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Direction, Script, Production: Aline Evans; Photography, Sound: C Cameron Macauley; Editing: C Cameron Macauley, Aline Evans; Narrator: Anthony Ostroff; Art, Animation: Alan Atkins; Musician: John Thomas; Production Supervisor: Clyde B. Smith; Research Consultant: Robert F. Heizer.

Description: This film reviews, through use of color still photographs, motion picture footage, and detailed animation, the evolution of the large-scale archaeological excavation in 1955 of the Olmec site at La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico. Results of earlier investigations are included. Summarizes the history of the site from 800 B. C and shows examples of constructions, sculptures, and small jade and serpentine carvings.

Complete Record: Uses still photographs, motion picture film and animation to depict the evolution of the 1955 excavation of the Olmec site at La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico. Summarizes the history of the site from 800 B C and indicates the significance of the excavations. Produced by RobertHeizer for UCEMC.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)