SAGA OF WESTERN MAN: CORTEZ AND THE LEGEND {CORTES AND THE LEGEND} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled programs which examine significant events in the history of western civilization through dramatic re-creation. In this program, recreations of historic events and footage of historic locations combine with a narrative comprised, in part, of the words of those who lived during the period to present a chronicle of Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes's conquest of Mexico in the early 16th century. Program highlights include the following: the history and structure of Aztec civilization; the legend of Quetzalcoatl; the beginning of Cortez's expedition, 1519; Montezuma; Cortes's escape from the city of Tenochtitlan in 1520; and Cortes's capture of the city of Tenochtitlan in 1521. Commercials deleted.
Preservation of the Post–World War II American Television Documentary Collection is supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures grant administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 26, 1967 Friday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:26
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0724
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries; Education/Information
- SUBJECT HEADING: Aztecs, The; Conquerors; Drama, historical; Quetzalcoatl; Drama, historical recreation; Mexico - History
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1963-1969
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John H. Secondari … Executive Producer, Narrator
- Margot Winchester … Associate Producer
- Rogers, Helen Jean (See also: Secondari, Helen Jean) … Director
- Kirk Douglas … Cast, the Spaniard, Voice
- David Carradine … Cast, the Aztec, Voice
- Hernando Cortes
- Quetzalcoatl
- Secondari, Helen Jean (See also: Rogers, Helen Jean)