James A. Fitzpatrick sends the Technicolor cameras under cinematographer Wilfred Cline to southern Mexico to talk about the local railroad, the refurbished railroad to supplement the Panama Canal's traffic, and Diego Rivera and his collection of local archeological artifacts.
This MGM Traveltalk was shot during the Second World War, when most of the usually far-ranging series stayed in the United States. One or two got as far as the Canadian border, but half a dozen were shot in Mexico. Fitzpatrick's narration is restrained for him. Although he lards his almanac points with his usual long-winded verbiage, he does not shout, as he did before the war. Visually this is average for the series, and the copy that plays on Turner Classic Movies is in pretty good shape.