PUERTO RICO Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Documentary: On poverty, culture, industry and church health program in Puerto Rico. Reel 1: Shows San Juan harbor, ships and boats, hurricane aftermath, sugar refineries and plantations, and reminiscences of Spanish colonization. Maps compare size to U.S., Cuba and Haiti. Farms in the mountains. Reel 2: Men work at coffee plantation. Marketplace in Ponce. Slums in San Juan; churches; health clinic; schools. Children in orphanage; girls at summer camp; men at University of Puerto Rico; vocational training. Capitol building with U.S. flag on it.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups