PUERTO RICO Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Reel 1 shows San Juan (P.R.) harbor, airport, streets, seacoast, and ancient Spanish castles. A flying boat pulls up to a dock. Tourists deplane, stroll in gardens, eat and dance at a sidewalk cafe, and listen to a concert. Puerto Ricans play golf and tennis and watch a horse race. Includes views of a wedding and a cock fight. Reel 2 shows the ancient Spanish architecture in San Juan. Girls file out of a school and play basketball. Women work in a cigar factory and do needlework. Laborers gather sugar cane and truck it to a sugar refinery. Workers pick fruit. Children file into a room and sit down to eat. Includes views of dams, waterfalls, streams, and forests.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior

Series

Motion Picture Film Documentation of the Diverse Activities of the Department of the Interior