Experience Nicaragua Movie Clips -- Experience Nicaragua

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The following movie clips were filmed on-site by the Experience Nicaragua team. They depict Nicaragua as it really is--all of the clips present typical sights around Nicaragua which anyone who lives here could expect to see. Some of the videos don't exactly achieve perfect quality and for this we apologize. This is due both to the quality of the original recording and to the quality of the encoding equipment that we was available to us.

Movieshot 73 seconds
RealVideo
Medium-Res (1.6 MB)

Driving alongside the Masaya Volcano on the Masaya Highway, showing the volcanoes profile. Next is a closeup of the bottom of the crater with the bubbling lava and smoke. The final scene pans the volcano and shows the cross that is targeted in the next video clip.

Movieshot 12 seconds
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Standing at a lookout point at the Masaya Volcano National Park, pans the rim of the crater and shows the stairs leading up to the cross and the cross itself.

198 seconds
RealVideo
Medium-Res (2.0 MB)
Miscellaneous clips from various cities around Nicaragua. The first is a man herding cattle, two men playing polo in Granada, a wedding in Matagalpa, men making chairs, tables, and other furniture by hand outside Masaya, one of countless fruit stands on the side of the highway, pineapple fields, and a shot of the way Coca-Cola is sold if you don't have a bottle with you--in bags.

Movieshot 250 seconds
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Medium-Res (2.6 MB)
Driving along the Masaya Highway. The buildings under construction are a new Hotel and Metrocentro (the only mall). Next comes the new Managua Cathedral, a Sandinista monument to the soldier/worker, the old Managua cathedral, the Palacio Nacional, and the site of the President's new mansion which is being built in coordination with China (in the middle of the area that was leveled by the 1972 earthquake), and Lake Managua.

Movieshot 70 seconds
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Medium-Res (722 KB)
Walking through the indoor Huembes Market (the second largest market in Managua). The first part is of the shops where genuine and imitation name-brand clothes, handmade pottery, paintings, and many other things are sold. After that is the meat and vegetables half of the market.

Movieshot 91 seconds
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Stopping at major intersections in Managua, it shows the young children who stand on the medians and then wash car windows when the traffic light turns red. Sometimes they get 10 cents for their effort but more often not.

117 seconds
RealVideo
Medium-Res (1.2 MB)
Driving through Managua, shows the vendors waiting in between the lanes at the traffic lights. Then come two buses packed with people. The first is an old (1965) Russian bus and the next, the most common, is a flatbed truck with railings welded unto the sides. Last is a metal Sandinista statue--a man holding a pick in hand and a rifle in the other. Somebody tried to blow it up a few years ago by exploding a stick of dynamite under his foot.

Movieshot 186 seconds
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Medium-Res (1.9 MB)
The first minute and a half are of a park a few miles outside Managua and the people swimming in the man-made pond. The rest shows one of Somoza's old houses which has been destroyed. It is possible to see the bullet holes in the water tank from when the house was attacked. Ironically, the last scene shows two houses that might be from the 1800s underneath the shadow of an ultra-modern telecommunications tower.

Movieshot 180 seconds
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Medium-Res (1.8 MB)

Driving into the Huembes Market (the seconds largest) and all of the "parking attendents" who try to help you park your car. Next are the shoe-shiners who sit on the edges of the market and the shoe repairmen. Last is one of the countless snack stands.

Movieshot 55 seconds
RealVideo
Medium-Res (1.2 MB)

Driving through Managua on the outskirts of the Oriental Market (the largest in the country) and shows the items on sale in the shops and out on the streets. The final scenes are just of driving through the middle-class suburbs of Managua.

	73 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (1.6 MB)	Driving alongside the Masaya Volcano on the Masaya Highway, showing the volcanoes profile. Next is a closeup of the bottom of the crater with the bubbling lava and smoke. The final scene pans the volcano and shows the cross that is targeted in the next video clip.
	12 seconds RealVideo High-Res (684 KB)	Standing at a lookout point at the Masaya Volcano National Park, pans the rim of the crater and shows the stairs leading up to the cross and the cross itself.
	198 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (2.0 MB)	Miscellaneous clips from various cities around Nicaragua. The first is a man herding cattle, two men playing polo in Granada, a wedding in Matagalpa, men making chairs, tables, and other furniture by hand outside Masaya, one of countless fruit stands on the side of the highway, pineapple fields, and a shot of the way Coca-Cola is sold if you don't have a bottle with you--in bags.
	250 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (2.6 MB)	Driving along the Masaya Highway. The buildings under construction are a new Hotel and Metrocentro (the only mall). Next comes the new Managua Cathedral, a Sandinista monument to the soldier/worker, the old Managua cathedral, the Palacio Nacional, and the site of the President's new mansion which is being built in coordination with China (in the middle of the area that was leveled by the 1972 earthquake), and Lake Managua.
	70 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (722 KB)	Walking through the indoor Huembes Market (the second largest market in Managua). The first part is of the shops where genuine and imitation name-brand clothes, handmade pottery, paintings, and many other things are sold. After that is the meat and vegetables half of the market.
	91 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (943 KB)	Stopping at major intersections in Managua, it shows the young children who stand on the medians and then wash car windows when the traffic light turns red. Sometimes they get 10 cents for their effort but more often not.
	117 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (1.2 MB)	Driving through Managua, shows the vendors waiting in between the lanes at the traffic lights. Then come two buses packed with people. The first is an old (1965) Russian bus and the next, the most common, is a flatbed truck with railings welded unto the sides. Last is a metal Sandinista statue--a man holding a pick in hand and a rifle in the other. Somebody tried to blow it up a few years ago by exploding a stick of dynamite under his foot.
	186 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (1.9 MB)	The first minute and a half are of a park a few miles outside Managua and the people swimming in the man-made pond. The rest shows one of Somoza's old houses which has been destroyed. It is possible to see the bullet holes in the water tank from when the house was attacked. Ironically, the last scene shows two houses that might be from the 1800s underneath the shadow of an ultra-modern telecommunications tower.
	180 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (1.8 MB)	Driving into the Huembes Market (the seconds largest) and all of the "parking attendents" who try to help you park your car. Next are the shoe-shiners who sit on the edges of the market and the shoe repairmen. Last is one of the countless snack stands.
	55 seconds RealVideo Medium-Res (1.2 MB)	Driving through Managua on the outskirts of the Oriental Market (the largest in the country) and shows the items on sale in the shops and out on the streets. The final scenes are just of driving through the middle-class suburbs of Managua.