Rancho Life

Duration: 7:00

Year Published: 1947

Creator: Barr Films.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Pictures the history of and life on a typical Spanish ranch in old California. Scenes include measuring the land, tilling the soil with plows and oxen, activities of vaqueros, trading with Boston sailing ships, and rancheros at a fiesta.

Complete Record: This recreation of life and conditions in early America gives the geographical and historical importance of Spanish ranchos in United States history. Mexican cowboy, vaquero, Indians. Mexican dance, music.