Haiti, Jamaica, Nassau, and Curacao
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1990.3.3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Higbee, Edward Converse
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content: Edward Higbee films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, black-and-white silent; 495 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1930
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: Edited film shot for the Cunard Steam Ship Company and distributed by Kodak Cinegraph Films. Captured are brief vignettes of Haiti, Jamaica, Nassau, the Panama Canal Zone, Havana, Algiers (Algeria), and Madiera (Portugal). Included are market scenes in Port-au-Prince; the Myrtle Bank Hotel (Jamaica); operation of the locks on the Panama Canal; Moro Castle in Havana; and the French and Arab Quarters with market scenes in Algiers. Cooper, Merian C. filmmaker (1893-).