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Jan. Return Trip
About this film
This 1936 black-and-white home movie documents a tropical vacation, likely in the Caribbean, opening with views of a white colonial-style house, palm trees, and rolling mountain landscapes. The footage captures historic sites, including old cannons mounted on a weathered stone fortification. A significant portion of the film highlights local agricultural labor, showing workers harvesting large piles of coconuts and loading them onto a horse-drawn wooden cart. The final scenes depict the logistical process of maritime travel in the era, showing well-dressed passengers in 1930s attire being ferried on small tender boats to board a large ocean liner anchored in a bay, concluding with a small airplane flying overhead.
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, 1930s, home movies, travel, tourism, John Crosby family, tropical landscapes, Caribbean, colonial architecture, palm trees, historic forts, cannons, agricultural labor, coconut harvesting, horse-drawn carts, ocean liners, passenger ships, tender boats, boarding ships, 1930s fashion, maritime travel, seaplanes, black and white footage, silent films, vacations
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