Home Movie: 003470 (silent)

Description: Description: Wealthy tourists in the 1920s film from a cruise ship through the Panama Canal as they journey east to Cuba during the years of the Republic of Cuba (1902–1959), visiting Havana, including street scenes, the Castillo De Los Tres Reyes Del Morro, the Havana Port, and more, taking in colonial architecture and wide streets. After a brief stop in Washington, D.C., the camera is fascinated by the journey through the Tehachapi Mountains, with perspectives on the Tehachapi Loop landmark location in the history of railway engineering. Can with three items marked "Panama Canal 1929." Reel marked: "#3 / Last Days on S.S. California / Havana, Washington, and train home." Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1920s, Tourism, Boats and boating, Transportation, Cities, Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic history and culture Tags: Panama Canal; shipboard view of transit through Gatun Locks; man with binoculars; 1920s hair styles; 1920s clothing; wealth; social classes; men and women pose with ship crew; onboard putting; golfing; onboard recreation; circle dances; line dances; slides; dives; shipboard swimming pool; 1920s swimwear; diving; calisthenics; napping; men napping near one another; ship name California; driving POVs down Havana streets; colonial architecture; warm weather architecture; 1910s cars; pedestrians; Havana Lumber Company sign; Havana street scenes; home with thatched roof; poverty tourism; Grecian revival architecture; car license plate 40167; wood frame homes; humble homes; unpainted wood; distressed homes; goats on the road; hay trucks; child makes spyglass shape with hand to spy on camera; home renovations; stone flag walkways; Packard car; car trouble; high angle views of Havana; Paseo del Prado; Havana Port; Castillo De Los Tres Reyes Del Morro; Museum of the Revolution; Presidential Palace; Parque de la Fraternidad; cannons; colonial-era coastal fortifications; San Carlos de la Cabana fortress; Port of Havana; cruise ship port; departing Havana; Washington Monument; Lincoln Memorial; reflecting pool; filmed from train; railroads; train tracks; train POVs; deserts; buttes; train stations; "O'Donnell 1844" sign on lighthouse; poverty tourism; white touristic gaze Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0282, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1929 Release Date: Geographical Location: Havana, Cuba; Cuba; Washington, D.C.; USA; Panama; Panama Canal, Panama; California; Mojave Desert, California; Tehachapi Mountains, California; Tehachapi, California Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: original, reversal Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: Edge Code: circle circle circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 392

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