Plot

Motorcycle Adventure through Central America. If you've ever wondered what riding through Central America is like, Gary Smith (The Mild One) takes us on his solo journey all the way from the Mexican border to the Panama Canal

The picture opens with airplane views showing the mountainous character of the country. Coming closer we see the precarious nature of the trails through the mountains, the volcanic orifices, steaming pools of lava, a volcanic peak almost hidden by clouds, a volcanic rock that formed when lava flowed into the sea. In Guatemala a group of natives stand by the doorway of a very ancient church. On a coffee plantation in Costa Rica women are at work picking coffee berries. We see them extracting the beans, spreading them in the sun to dry, and finally sorting them. Great ox carts haul the coffee to market. Shots taken here and there throughout Costa Rica show the mountain trails, architectural details of a cathedral, a dog with a monkey riding on its back, the horned iguana, men bearing heavy loads on their backs, natives dancing to the accompaniment of a xylophone, and stone idols that date back to Indian fire worship.—Catalog of films for classroom use (1941)