1970 LATIN AMERICAN FIESTA TOUR

The Latin American Fiesta Association of Tampa Bay elected a beauty queen and her court -- known as "princesses" -- and sponsored an exotic trip for them every year. Most of the time, the trips included a visit to Spain, so that contestants of Hispanic descent could learn about their Spanish heritage. This travelogue from 1970 shows the royal group touring Europe through England, France, and Spain, and finally sailing over the Mediterranean Sea to Morocco. The film has photography by Jack Jarvis, edited by Carl Goldman of WFLA TV, narrated by Paul Jones, and the film is processed by Leo Fasil. "1970 Latin American Fiesta Tour" title banner (00:08). Dark silhouettes (00:28). Light reveals the silhouettes as women in dresses (00:33). Close-up footage of two of the women, Diana and Rosemary (00:51). Close-up footage of one woman, Brenda (01:05). Close-up footage of one woman, Xenia (01:12). Close-up footage of one woman, Judy (01:17). Close-up footage of one woman, Peggy (01:23). The women at Tampa International Airport (01:30). The women standing on the stairs of a plane (01:47). The plane takes off from Tampa (01:58). Cars driving near Kensington Palace and Hyde Park in London, England (02:12). Cars driving through central London (02:20). The women standing by the Palace of Westminster, informally known as the Houses of Parliament on the north bank of the river Thames (02:38). The Rotary Club of London (03:15). The women entering a bus (03:21). The women in Paris, France (03:40). They are sitting by the Fountain Des Mars (Fountain of the Seas) on Place de la Concorde (03:46). Cars driving through Paris (04:00). Arc de Triomphe (04:05). The Eiffel Tower (04:12). Equestrian statue of Ferdinand Foch (04:20). The statue of Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel tower (04:26). The group of women arrived in Madrid (04:34). Cars driving in the city of Madrid, Spain (04:47). The women visit Plaza de Toros (05:01). A bullfighter on horseback enters the arena (05:13). The bullfight begins (05:49). The group of women meet with the former mayor of Madrid (06:08). A silver chalice presented by the Incas in Peru to Madrid (06:33). The women standing the former American Ambassador (06:45). A bus driving on the road towards Granada, Spain (06:54). They drive passed nuns walking on the side of the road (07:03). They drive past highway construction (07:08). A sign towards Andalucía (07:24). The women enter their bus (07:27). They drive past the Sierra Morena Mountain range in Spain (07:38). The women receive a guided tour of the Alhambra Garden in Granada (08:13). Views of the Sierra Madre area in Granada from the Alhambra palace and fortress (08:39). The Patio of the Lion of the Alhambra (08:56). Views of Granada (09:15). The women’s journey continues to Marbella, Spain (09:29). Views of Costa del Sol (09:40). They drive along the Mediterranean Sea (10:04) and arrive at Hotel Atalaya (10:11). Girls playing in their swimsuits (10:32). An elderly lady is sitting in a chair (10:44). The group of women swims in the pool (10:52). A motorboat speeding over the Mediterranean Sea (11:08). The women disembark the motorboat in the town of Tangier, Morocco (11:46). Views of Tangier (11:58). The women meet with the American Counsel at their hotel in Morocco (12:30). Three men pushing a fully loaded cart (12:59). A plane taking off (13:04). The plane flying over water (13:23). According to an online source, the first major Hispanic festival in Tampa was in 1927, a street dance staged to celebrate a prosperous year for the cigar industry. Hispanic community leaders began selecting queens at the annual carnivals. Initially, many of the women were "cigar maids," attractive representatives of various cigar factories. Tampa fiesta queens and their courts traveled to Cuba, Mexico and New York during the 1940s and 1950s to continue good communications with other Hispanic communities.

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[Music] we invite you to join us as we accompany the queen and Court of the Latin American Fiesta on their 1970 tour of Europe and North Africa the photography is closeups by Jack Jarvis film processing by Leo Fel and editing by Carl Goldman of wfat TV your narrator is Paul Jones for the first time the public elected two queens there was a tie vote so we were doubly well represented this [Music] year Queen Diana Iglesia sponsored by the West Tampa Chamber of Commerce and queen Rosemary Smith sponsored by Tampa Greyhound track princess Brenda Delgado sponsored by the ebore City Lions Club princess Zenia matin sponsored by the women of the Moose princess Judy arduo sponsored by Al Lodge Number 78 and Princess Peggy McDonald sponsored by the rotary clubs of Tampa here we see the Royal party preparing to leave Tampa International Airport and of course the usual last minute farewells are in [Music] order the fiesta court with a delegation of 21 persons boards National Airlines non-stop flight to London which is to be the first stop on the tour A View From the Kensington Palace Hotel of hide Park [Music] Garden seeing the sights in London including all of the things the tourists usually look [Music] at the houses of Parliament those fascinating and helpful Bobbies and all the many carful historic points of [Music] interest a highlight of the London visit the queens and the entire party guests of the downtown Rotary Club of [Music] London [Music] and now a tour of magnificent Paris Europe's most beautiful city the court visits the pla [Music] Concord a view of the Arch of Triumph the famed Eiffel Tower and the fine view of the city from around [Music] it a statue of the tower's builder for whom it's named [Music] the next syy visited by the Goodwill party was Madrid a romantic historic Center of [Music] Spain and a visit to the famous Plaza de Loos here for the first time they are to see a bull fighter on [Music] horseback [Music] this requires tremendous training both of the bull fighter and of the horse every maneuver is carefully rehearsed in [Music] time [Music] at a royal reception the mayor of Madrid Don Jesus SOS presented our Queens with medallions commemorating their visit a Priceless Silver Chalice presented to the city of medd over 400 years ago by the Incas of [Music] Peru the American ambassador to Spain Robert Hill welcomes the queens and princesses to Spain for our [Music] government and now we leave Madrid on the way to Granada and as you'll notice Spain is engaged in a huge Highway Improvement program modernizing your roadways to accommodate today's motorized [Music] traffic [Music] a lunch stop on Route to gonado and now the Magnificent mountains of Sierra Morena on the way now to the sunny Resort city of Mara on the Spanish Coast that gets its name from the Sun the Costa Del [Music] Sal [Music] riding along the Mediterranean [Music] Sea looking from the queen Suite we see a beautiful Vista from the hotel at Alaya Park the inviting Gardens and the warm Mediterranean [Music] the girls Dawn their swim or sun [Music] suit and under the protective eye of Mrs Leon cin they thoroughly enjoy a dip in the pool and frolicking in the [Music] garden [Music] the modern fast way across the Mediterranean on a high-speed hydrofoil speeding over the water at 60 MPH [Music] and here's Queen Rosemary at the [Music] HM arriving at fascinating Tangier [Music] Morocco [Music] here and Tangier A Whole New World for the girls to [Music] see [Music] the American Council General Howard Jones welcomes the party at a press conference held at their [Music] hotel and finally on the way home to Tampa the Latin Fiesta queens and their Court completing another successful Goodwill journey to Europe making friends for America wherever they visited thank you for joining us and until the next Latin Fiesta time our best to you all

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