U-Matic

Mexican Fest 1984 B Roll

U-Matic S tape containing footage shot of dancers and food vendors at the 1984 Mexican Festival in Hart Plaza as b-roll for public service announcements.

The tape begins with the camera framing two men and two women in Mexican dance costume posing in front of the amphitheater stage as music plays in the background. Then one of the men and one of the women dance for the camera. Next, the four all wave to the camera, as a second audio track of country music--possibly radio interference--appears in the left channel.

After a cut, and a switch of the camera microphone to the left channel, recording resumes of women presenting plates of nachos at one of the counters in the underground food court area.
The spots are on a 3M MBU-18 U-Matic S tape with a typewritten 3M label. The tape is housed within a type- and handwritten 3M label on its cover.