[Percy B. Eckhart Travel Footage: Caribbean]
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: 1927
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film footage of daily life and surroundings in rural areas and port cities of the Caribbean. Film is divided between scenes of daily life in rural areas (washing clothes, breaking up rocks, transportation via cart and poled boat, local homes); daily life in towns (street scenes and restaurants, as well as military exercises past a parade review stand); and film footage of monumental buildings and harbors in port cities. A significant amount of time is spent in rural villages, and attention is given to individuals rather than just large crowds. Film also includes city street scenes. Bulleted information is transcribed from film reels and/or cans. Filming locations include: Trinidad, Caracas, Curacao, Panama, Jamaica, Haiti, and Havana, Cuba. There are some intertitles identifying places and activities.