Hands Across the Border (1963)

Check out this 1963 industrial film called “Hands Across the Border”, which features the Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center in Socorro, Texas. This film is available thanks to the Texas Archive of the Moving Image and the Texas Film Commission. As per the description on their website, narrator Lynn Pitcher follows a group of Braceros as they arrive at Rio Vista Farm. 

Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center is now a National Historic Landmark.

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