Film Number |
7122 |
Title |
THE "HOMERIC" CRUISE TO THE WEST INDIES |
Producer |
Allan Randall |
Date |
1929-32 |
Gauge |
9.5mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
14 mins 47 secs |
Description |
Scenes from a cruise on the RMS Homeric showing a visit to Martinique showing local children on the streets and swimming in the sea. Footage aboard the ship includes shots of people swimming and doing aquatic sports in the pool. A brief sequence shows street scenes in Haiti. Continues with a visit to Nassau as musicians are seen playing at 'Dirty Dicks Cabaret Club' and members of the cruise party boarding a glass bottomed boat. Further scenes show visits to a Cuban farm near Havana, a trip down the Panama Canal and shots of Trinidadians aboard rowing boats as seen from the Homeric cruise liner. Scenes show local people using a pickaxe and walking upon the asphalt Pitch Lake. Ends with a visit to Madeira, including shots of the ship coming in to harbour, street scenes ad a man being carried in a hammock. |
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