1969AFRICAN AMERICAN HOME MOVIES
African American Family Home Movies - 1960's - Footage from a Caribbean Cruise.
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Reel opens - African American Family Home Movies - a Caribbean Cruise.
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Footage overexposed - appears to be footage of a coastline from a cruise ship, maybe in the Caribbean Islands.
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| 01:02:30 150.67 |
Footage clears to reveal a beautiful waterfall surrounded by lush greenery, people are seen climbing around on the rocks below. People at scenic overlook observing the waterfall and people on the rocks. Woman waves at camera.
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| 01:02:59 179.08 |
WS young people sitting and climbing on the boulders at the bottom of a cascading waterfall.
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| 01:03:04 184.62 |
Sign in Spanish amidst the rocks and greenery near the waterfall reads: Caida De Aqua - La Coca
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| 01:03:17 197.71 |
Four African American folk posing, with the cascading waterfall and people climbing on the rocks in the bkgd. They wave at camera.
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| 01:03:24 204.69 |
Scenic pan of lush green mountains and countryside in Puerto Rico
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| 01:03:58 238.33 |
Cutaway to a historic stone fort in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tourists walk the grounds. A sign partially obscured for the Castillo De San Felipe Del Morrow national historic site in Old San Juan
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| 01:04:28 268.59 |
Scenic shots POV the historic fort area , tall palm trees blowing in the wind, the Caribbean Sea, homes on hills dotting the coastline
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| 01:04:50 290.88 |
Jumpy footage, some shots in Old San Juan, and various sites around the island, POV possibly from a cruise ship or boat.
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| 01:07:14 434.32 |
Tourists disembarking from a cruise ship. Two cruise ships docked.
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| 01:07:24 444.23 |
POV fast moving vehicle, shots are blurry of the Caribbean Sea, boats are. seen docked in the water including cruise ships, other scenery of the coast line with homes on the hills overlooking the water.
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| 01:07:53 473.78 |
Two lovely African American ladies taking photos in front of a historic monument (this could be maybe Balckbeard's Castle in St. Thomas). One lady dressed in 1960's fashionable wide leg white pants and halter top poses for her friend.
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| 01:08:15 495.48 |
Scenic shots - POV from a high point - of a Caribbean Island, could be St. Thomas or San Juan - mountains meeting the sea, homes on the hills, cruise ships docked. Footage is blurry
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| 01:09:11 551.28 |
footage is upside down,
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| 01:09:35 575.64 |
Fast pan ext large ship or cruise ship, dinghys hanging from side of ship, some people are seen on board the top deck. Other footage is blurred of the var ships docked in harbor.
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| 01:10:08 608.95 |
Shots of a busy downtown area in the Caribbean, a beautiful church or government building, palm trees, traffic, cars parked along streets, shoppers and peds , a very narrow street with a car parked on a sidewalk, a patio cafe with folk seated at tables with umbrellas.
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| 01:10:47 647.48 |
Quick shot from POV moving car with windshield wipers on, appears cars are driving through a flooded area.
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| 01:10:51 651.19 |
Cutaway to people on board a cruise ship looking overboard, walking along the wooden deck. African American man walking toward camera.
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| 01:11:04 664.65 |
Shots from on board a boat or moving vehicle along the coast, pan of a shipyard and industrial area, cargo ships are docked in harbor, hilly background. Cloudy day, film is jumpy in spots.
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| 01:11:45 705.47 |
Film clears - shots of a contemporary building with large round sphere on top, other shots around an unknown Caribbean city, pan skyline POV a high point, low lying green mountains in bkgd against dark cloudy sky. Downtown from moving vehicle, high rise buildings, traffic.
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| 01:12:36 756.83 |
POV moving vehicle headed toward a cathedral. Tourists walking toward (unknown) cathedral or maybe planetarium? police officer standing in front of fancy wrought iron gate. Large fountain, gold dome on building seen through tall palm trees out front. Tourists walking the grounds.
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| 01:12:58 778.35 |
POV moving vehicle, pan the countryside with homes in the hills, billboards - Whisky White Label - some blurry footage of a poor area - some empty shacks on unstable hills, as well as larger homes and multi level buildings crammed in on the mountainsides - this could be Haiti or Cuba?
Some of this footage is blurry and as seen from a moving vehicle. |
| 01:13:30 810.61 |
Cutaway - shots of two cruise ships docked in a harbor
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| 01:13:51 831.45 |
Two African American couples standing together along dock area, most likely came off of cruise ship . More shots of the ships docked.
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| 01:14:16 856.7 |
Folk standing outside what appears to be a restaurant. Large letters on the building spell out Wilhelminaplein - a restaurant in Curacao.
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| 01:14:27 867.7 |
Var shots around the harbor area where the cruise ships are docked. Painted sign on building reads Gabriel Saleh Bonairecommerce N.V.
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| 01:14:45 885.02 |
Downtown area, either Curacao or Bonaire - the ABC Islands in the Caribbean. Sandy pink colored buildings, narrow street with a few cars and some peds.
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| 01:14:45 885.18 |
Cutaway - Casually dressed African American woman walking toward camera on board deck of cruise ship. Folk on lounge chairs on deck. Shots of the deep blue Caribbean Sea from on board, wake left by the ship
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| 01:15:08 908.19 |
Passengers relax on deck of cruise ship. Black man in white uniform leans against service window. Folk relax on lounge chairs, African American man nicely dressed and holding a camera, passengers walking about on deck.
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| 01:16:13 973.92 |
Passengers in swimming pool on deck. Shots of the ship, people relaxing around the pool, marine radar equipment, the shuffleboard courts
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| 01:17:25 1045.28 |
Blank.
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| 01:17:37 1057.62 |
Blurry footage on board the cruise ship. Film clears up a bit - folk wearing bathing suits on lounge chairs sunbathing on board.
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| 01:18:05 1085.66 |
Cutaway. African American folk walking out of the (pink) United States Post Office and Custom House
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| 01:18:22 1102.9 |
Pan Caribbean village - film becomes unclear and white or pink tint.
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| 01:21:02 1262.34 |
Footage clears up a bit. Boats docked in harbor, shots of the shoreline. people shopping along narrow street in village with multicolored attached buildings
Pink tint to film. |
| 01:21:45 1305.12 |
Modern buildings, hotel, several numbered multi-level parking garages, terminals - most likely the cruise line terminals.
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| 01:22:26 1346.69 |
WS of a docked Royal Caribbean cruise ship
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| 01:23:12 1392.32 |
Shots of a skyline along a coastal area, bridge, a ferry and other boats on the waters.
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| 01:23:59 1439.25 |
Reel Ends. African American Family Home Movies - Trip to the Caribbean.
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