The name San Felipe Church (Iglesia de San Felipe) linked to Retalhuleu appears in the research request, but the supplied sources do not provide site‑specific historical information, coordinates, or documentation tying that name to the ruins shown in archival material. Two home‑movie archive descriptions from the late 1930s/early 1940s include footage of ruined or former Spanish mission churches in Guatemala and note visual details such as swaying church bells; those descriptions, however, do not identify the locations shown as San Felipe or place them in Retalhuleu. Another archival collection relates to Spanish‑colonial missions in the U.S. Southwest and is relevant only as comparative material about mission ruins, not as evidence for this Guatemalan site. Because no primary or secondary sources in the provided material name San Felipe Church in Retalhuleu, assert its specific historical dates, architectural attributions, or any folkloric or paranormal associations would exceed the evidence. The site remains plausibly part of the wider landscape of Spanish‑era mission ruins documented by travelers and amateur filmmakers in mid‑20th century Guatemala, but its identification, condition, and any supernatural lore are unverified by the supplied sources.
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- [1]1940s Home Movie Trip to Guatemala: Utatlan, San Francisco El Alto Market, Rio Dulce (item 44374). Archive.org item description for home‑movie footage (late 1930s/early 1940s) showing ruins and mission architecture in Guatemala; notes include 'church bells sway in what was likely former Spanish mission' (timecode ~2:30).other
- [2]1940s Home Movie Trip to Guatemala: Utatlan, San Francisco El Alto Market, Rio Dulce (duplicate item). Archive.org duplicate item description for home‑movie footage; documents travel in Guatemala and includes shots of mission ruins but does not identify San Felipe Church or Retalhuleu.other
- [3]Missions of Arizona, Missions of New Mexico, Missions of Texas (archival photographs and captions). Archive.org collection of photographs and captions about Spanish‑colonial missions in the U.S. Southwest; relevant as comparative material on mission ruins but does not document the Guatemalan site in question.other
