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A documentary account of the hardships and adventures encountered by an American couple seeking the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in the jungles north of the Guatemala-Mexico border.

"Quest for the Lost City," the documentary account of the remarkable trek across thousands of miles of trackless Mexican and Guatemalan jungle taken by the noted husband-and-wife explorer/writing team of Dana and Ginger Lamb. Traveling by foot, horseback, dugout canoe, Model-T Ford, jeep, and airplane the Lambs traveled down the western edge of Mexico, crossing the Sonora Desert into the jungles of Chiapas. Ten years after they began their quest, years beset with hardships, frustration, and danger, they finally found their lost city. Along the way, they met a band of friendly bandits, an army of ants, a hermit, and a lost tribe of the Mayans.

'Tom Harmon', a former football star who was shot down in the jungles of the South Pacific during World War II and survived thanks to a booklet on survival written by 'Dana Lamb', appears in the foreword to the film.

More than 30,000 feet of 16mm color film was shot by 'Dana Lamb' and Ginger Lamb to make the movie.

Using a special time exposure mechanism on their 16 mm camera, the Lambs were able to photograph themselves as well as the hardships they encountered.

It was only after they had perfected a special time exposure mechanism on their camera that 'Dana Lamb' and Ginger Lamb were able to photograph themselves making their hazardous trek into the Guatemalan jungle.