SENAL 2000: EL CAMBIO DE SIGLO {SIGNAL 2000: THE
TURN OF THE CENTURY} {SEGMENT} {TAPE 2 OF 6}
{SPANISH} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:71629. One of several segments of live
and continuous coverage of the countdown leading up to
the year 2000, as aired on TV Azteca in Mexico. This
segment begins at 15:51:00 in the countdown and runs
until 13:51:18, about two hours. This segment continues
with host Javier Alatorre in the studio live with Sergio
Vicke in New Zealand. Images show more celebrations,
and the first child born in 2000 in New Zealand, as well
as the first couple to be married. From the Z—calo in
Mexico City, Edgar Garc’a reports on the planned New
Year's celebration that will take place there. Next,
from a helicopter flying over Mexico, reporter Marco
Campillo describes the city as people prepare for the
evening. Merced Parra presents a special report on the
religions and cultures which follow different calendars:
the Muslim calendar, which is in the year 1369, the
Jewish, which is in 5760, and the Chinese which is in
4800. Back in the studio, astrologer Julia Palacios
joins host Javier Alatorre to discuss good luck
traditions for the New Year. Images from Australia show
a man who began the year by bungee jumping. Next,
Gloria Witt reports from Cancun, covering different
parts of the city and showing images of the beach where
over 60,000 balloons will be released in the afternoon
to commemorate the end of the year. Marco Campillo
reports again from helicopter, flying over the pyramids
of Teotihuac‡n and commenting on the various sacred
places of Mexico. In the studio, two guests join host
Javier Alatorre: Amaranda and Juan Carlos MŽndez. They
discuss dinner options for the New Year, and watch the
images showing the remaining two minutes of the year in
Japan and celebrations in Tonga. Back in Mexico,
Armando Contreras reports from the home of the Bonilla
family, who were selected by the program to show the
viewers how they celebrate New Year's Eve throughout
the day. Elda Molina reports from Monterrey's city
square and narrates a segment on the traditional way of
cooking goat. Back in the studio, Lorena PŽrez J‡come
and Marcos ValdŽs introduce a musical performance by
Los Tucanes de Tijuana, singing "Ritmo Navide–o." Juan
Luis Rodr’guez reports from Acapulco where he speaks
with the conductor of the Acapulco Philharmonic,
Eduardo Alvarez, who will perform in the evening with
large screens on the beach showing the concert to all
the people celebrating there. Back in the studio, in a
kitchen set up to present some of the meals that will be
served for New Year's Eve, reporter Pablo Latap’
interviews Francisco Su‡rez, from the restaurant La
Cantina de Mexico, together with the chef, and they cook
the final stages of the dishes "mole de olla" and "sopa
de migas." Footage from Wall Street, in New York, shows
Muhammad Ali rings the stock market closing bell on the
last trading day of the year. Back in the studio, the
two guests leave and Javier Alatorre continues reporting
with Pablo Latap’. Ana Winocur reports from Las Vegas
on the city's main boulevard, which will host over
800,000 people that evening to celebrate the New Year;
much police security was organized and fireworks were
banned in the city. Images from the Dawn Islands and
the Kiribati Islands show live coverage of traditional
dance and music on the beach in celebration of the new
millennium. Hannia Novell reports from Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, showing the traditional Samba dancers preparing
for the evening. Jaime Guerrero reports live from the
San Pedro Plaza in Rome, where concerts and music will
take place and where people will gather to hear Pope
John Paul II speak from the balcony of the Basilica.
Next, Alberto Gomez reports from Madrid, talking about
the traditions in Spain and the history of some of its
monuments. Tape ends abruptly. Continues with
T:71662.
(This segment contains minor technical problems and
includes non-broadcast coverage as the camera stays
with the studio feed during commercial breaks. This
represents the best copy of this program currently
available to the Museum.)
(This program is in Spanish.)
The acquisition and cataloging of this program was made
possible by TV Azteca, 2003.
Details
- NETWORK: TV Azteca (Mexico)
- DATE: December 31, 1999 Friday 8:09 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:02:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:71660
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: International Collection - Spanish - Zone 3 - Mexico; New Year 2000 Celebration - Millennium; New Year's Eve - December 31, 1999
- SERIES RUN: TV Azteca (Mexico) - TV, 1999
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Los Tucanes de Tijuana … Music Group
- Javier Alatorre … Host
- Perez Jacome, Lorena … Announcer
- Marcos Valdes … Announcer
- Marco Campillo … Reporter
- Armando Contreras … Reporter
- Edgar Garcia … Reporter
- Alberto Gomez … Reporter
- Jaime Guerrero … Reporter
- Pablo Latapi … Reporter
- Elda Molina … Reporter
- Hannia Novell … Reporter
- Merced Parra … Reporter
- Juan Luis Rodriguez … Reporter
- Sergio Vicke … Reporter
- Ana Winocur … Reporter
- Gloria Witt … Reporter
- Julia Palacios … Commentator, Astrologer
- Muhammad Ali
- Eduardo Alvarez
- Amaranda
- John Paul II, Pope (Karol Wojtyla)
- Juan Carlos Mendez
- Francisco Suarez