John L. Brom Travel Films: Mediterranean
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1998.18.10
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Brom, John L.
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content: John L. Brom films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color silent; 853 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage of travel in a location that is not certain.  Footage features two women who may be related to the creator. They are shown in front of a bridge in a Mediterranean looking sea-port with signs written in French.  Film also shows a shipyard marked "North Hampton." Footage also includes boat scenes with deck chairs and umbrellas, woman swimming in pool, views of islands and scenery, a hotel in a city ringed by mountains, local men playing guitars, a bullfight, female bathers walking along a wall and general scenes of tourists.  Also shown is a medieval-looking church; open-air markets; cars and horse drawn carriages; a man herding flamingos as a tourist attraction; tourists feeding turtles, fish and sharks in a pool and snorkeling.  Two hotels with signs are Curacao and Embajador.

Legacy Keywords: Tourism ; Marketplaces ; Cruise ships ; Instruments musical instruments ; Architecture Religious