[Percy B. Eckhart Travel Footage: Caribbean and Mediterranean]
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Eckhart, Percy B. (Percy Bernard), 1877-1969
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content: Percy B. Eckhart films
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content: Percy B. Eckhart films / Series 1: Travel Footage
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film footage from a cruise of the Caribbean and Mediterranean that began in March 1926. Activities depicted include cruise ship life; landscapes and harbors; monumental buildings and ruins, including interior shots; and brief shots of local people on streets, at leisure, and at work. Much of the Mediterranean film footage is touristic: historic sites and monuments, crowded street scenes in port cities, and companions at leisure in restaurants or on the cruise ship. The Caribbean film footage is notable for its sustained interest in locals and serves as a record of daily life in rural villages and homes as well as cities. Bulleted information is transcribed from film reels and/or cans. Filming locations as listed on reels and in intertitles include: Puerto Rico, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad, Caracas (Venezuela), the Panama Canal, Kingston (Jamaica), Malta, Cyprus, and Bethlehem and Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine).