Puerto Rico (1950)

if you're looking for a vacation Paradise go south to Puerto Rico Hub of the blue Caribbean as you pass through the harbor guarded by famed Morrow Castle you'll have visions of Buccaneers and the Spanish main elmro was built centuries ago by the Spaniards to ward off attacks from the Sea by those who would challenge ownership of the Wonders and wealth of this Provident Island The Guns of this famed Fortress defied Sir Francis Drake and many others but the once Mighty Canon ating has vanished and today amid memories of fighting men and valorous death you play golf this is certainly one of the world's most interesting courses played Out Among the colorful approaches of a historic past with te's and greens set deep in wide moats which once serve to repel The [Music] Invader historic San Juan is the capital and largest city of this interesting Island discovered by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the new world with the 10 story bco popular dominating the skyline of this teeing metropolitan area of the United States Puerto Rico was seeded to the United States as a result of the Spanish American war in 1917 Congress declared all Puerto Ricans to be United States citizens and today this imposing capital building houses the Island's government elected by popular vote of the Island's people [Music] San Juan streets are studies in contrast the new and the modern the old and the narrow you browse through shops erected a century and more ago where the spirit and customs of ancient Spain remain to offer a fascinating setting for the Puerto Rico of today as you wander amid the wonders of this Crossroads of the Caribbean pause for a few moments in one of the many Pleasant plazas and relax to the rhythm of the shoe shiners CL or if you're hungry try an orange no getting juice all over you in Puerto Rico just a couple of turns and zip the skin is gone then perhaps you'll follow the lead of these Puerto Rican Beauties a chance on the bonly lottery first prize [Music] $40,000 barely hours from the mainland this Progressive island in the deep blue of the Caribbean attracts increasing thousands of visitors for they know that any times the time for a Puerto Rican vacation travel the world and few are the places where you will spend the more interesting interlude here you have real Beauty set along a colorful Shoreline with palm trees waving in the soft Breeze and Broad white beaches glistening in the almost constant sunshine [Music] here are to be found some of the finest most fashionable hotels catering to your every wish there is no hurry no hustle and bustle in this Tropical Paradise just get into your vacation clothes and get out under the sky where the trade winds carry the Tang of the sea as you give yourself to complete relaxation and enjoyment in a Land of manana [Music] like a jewel in a perfect blue setting is one of the world's most renowned Resort Hotels designed by Puerto Rican Architects to absorb the ultimate in Caribbean breezes here the song of the islands is the Eternal song of sun and Crystal Clear Pool here Puerto Rico's colorful Spanish Heritage couples with every modern requirement ever present in inviting for those who would L around free from care to enjoy a real Puerto Rican holiday Puerto Rico's soil and climate are major contributors to the growing of some of the world's finest pineapples since World War II the Island's pineapple industry has been expanded so rapidly that production today is approaching the 100 million per year figure in scenes typical of pineapple growing and harvesting in Hawaii and Cuba workers pick and pile the spiny fruit for sorting and delivery to nearby Island canery here is one Puerto Rican who is never at a loss for his dessert just pick it fresh from the [Music] field major crop on the island and the industry which creates the greatest employment is the growing of sugar almost as far as the eye can see as you drive around the island the fields of flowing green blend to become a perfect part of the landscape a pause is taken to sharpen up the cutting tools the machete with which in rhythm with the worker's will expert Strokes fell a dense sugar cane jungle for the Sweet Tooth there's nothing quite as satisfying as freshly cut Cane Puerto Rican children Munch The delicacy almost before they learn how to walk men and machines combine with modern methods in the making of the Harvest the gathered stalks of the green cut Cane are drawn out of the fields in train fashion to be transported to the central where it will be reduced through the most modern processing methods to [Music] Sugar huge cranes pick up entire truckloads of the cane in a single gulp for deposit on moving belts from here it will be carried through from washing to refining and sacking Mainland and World Markets depend on Puerto Rico sugar production as much as the Island's economy depends on those markets as a part of the everyday scene during the season down to the docks come the trucks delivering thousands of bags annually for loading into holes of waiting ships to swell the Island's [Music] income for those devoted to the sport of Kings there are three racetracks in the San Juan area with races held three times a week and the drive for the finish line here is as exciting as at any track anywhere in the [Music] world wherever you turn in this paradise to the South it's fun in the sun the many beaches here are Broad and inviting and a must for everyone is a visit to magnificent lukio Beach which looks as though it served as a model for every Palm line strand that ever graced a travel [Music] Boulder if you're looking for a sport with plenty of Thrills and quite often spills here it is traveling at speeds up to 40 m an hour as the smooth surf laps the Palm line Shore is a treat for the most demanding thrill seeker and down here just to be a little different a Jeep provides the Motive Power Racing over the smooth Sands at top speed certainly this is a pleasant way to come to the end of our all too short visit to this island paradise set in the warm blue of the Caribbean to the wonders of a part of America to the South to Puerto Rico Pleasure Island in this world of ours l