New Mexican descendants of conquistadores

This broadcast discusses the inhabitants of Truchas, New Mexico, who were direct descendants of the Spanish conquerors who opened the North American continent to colonization and development. The Spanish conquerors were searching for the seven golden cities of Cibola, but found only Indians, pueblos and mud huts instead of gold. The Spanish government commissioned the Cortes and Velazquez expeditions after receiving reports of gold. Bernard De Voto, a noted lecturer and Pulitzer Prize author, narrated the sequence recording the tale of the Spanish conquerors and their descendants. The Spanish government sent colonists to settle in New Mexico, but they failed to find gold. Some descendants of the colonists and explorers remained in Truchas. Excerpts from the film The Seven Golden Cities portrayed Vaquez and Francisco Coronado arriving at what they presumed was El Dorado, only to find Zuni and Hopi pueblos. A dance-mime by the John Butler dancers depicts conquerors in search of the golden cities. Original guitar music was performed and sung by Jim Dimitris. The films were provided by the Santa Fe Railroad, Twentieth Century Pictures, the U.S. Information Agency, and Socony Mobile Oil Company.