SCHLEY RIDE TO PUERTO RICO PART 2

Year Published: 1960s

Format: 16mm

Description: Part 1: • " SCHLEY RIDE TO PUERTO RICO " 1960s... This silent travelogue is reel 2 of "Schley Ride to Puerto Rico (The 51st State?)", a film in the series dubbed "Picturelogues" produced and directed by Norman E. Schley. This film covers a journey across the island of Puerto Rico. This version of the film is silent, but most likely a sound version was produced at some point. Mayagüez (0:20). Water ripples in fountain (0:30). Monumento al Lic. Eugenio María de Hostos (0:54). The Edificio José de Diego (1:03). USDA’s Federal Experiment Station (Tropical Agriculture Research Station) (1:12). Jungle geranium flowers (1:30). Cannon-ball fruit, Cannon Ball Tree (1:46). Torch Ginger flower in bloom (2:34). Heliconia flower (2:54). Shell Gas station (3:37). Spanish road signs (3:54). San German - rocky mountains, valley farmland, homes (4:42). Residential streets lined with telephone poles (5:17). Man rides horse down small street, 1960s cars parked on roadside (6:03). Public square shaded by trees (6:13). Architectural details: wrought iron Juliet balconies (6:44). Pedestrian traffic (7:00). Iglesia Porta Coeli (7:06). Construction site housing developments (7:59). Hormigueros: Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate (9:02). Church goers crowd outside church on perhaps Good Friday, girls in communion dresses, men carry Jesus in decorated casket (10:05). Hormigueros salt fields (11:59). A-frame ranch house, Children hang off porch awaiting guests (12:19). Ranchers herd bulls (12:41). Woman sells pineapples (12:52). Schley and friend slice pineapple on roadside (13:18). Schley pays rancher to take video portrait (13:45). 1960s Mustang in front of roadside food stand (13:53). Vendor prepares shaved ice (14:01). Man prepares coconut using machete (15:01). Women, children wash clothes in stream (15:36). Boy sells avocados on roadside (15:58). Roosters in chicken wire cages (16:25). Cockfight: men peer over ring barrier with cigarettes in hand (16:57). Mid-size center console fishing boat in Boquerón Bay, Cabo Rojo (17:22). Boquerón Yacht Club: Crowds gather on pier for Regatas Boquerón (18:05). Evinrude motor (18:10). Motor boats speed across bay (18:30). Two men struggle to push dinghy out into bay (18:48). Waves knock against jagged rocks along Cabo Rojo (20:29). Close-up Boquerón Reservoir wall (21:51). Reservoir lake (22:11). Guánica (22:17). Crystal clear waters framed by rocky cliffs (22:29). Guánica Historic Rock (22:55). Smoke billows from industrial plant (23:10). Guánica Port: rusted parts of industrial ships (23:39). Street cleaner (24:03). Copamarina Beach Resort & Spa (24:20). Tauco, school children (24:41). Flier for upcoming election (25:09). Kids play pickup baseball on concrete diamond (25:41). Industry in Tauco (26:14). Construction site, new apartment complexes (26:51). Construction highway (27:19). Camera pans Ponce homes, buildings, villas from lookout (27:42). Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (28:54). Parque de Bombas, firemen (29:04). Statue Luis Muñoz Rivera, Plaza Las Delicias (29:25). Pedestrian traffic downtown Ponce (30:06). Banco de Ponce (30:26). Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño (30:34). Monumento a la Abolición de la Esclavitud (30:37). Mid-century modern, Googie-style buildings and churches (30:46). Interior staircase and works at Museo de Arte de Ponce (31:12). Children play at nursery school (32:46). Ponce cement factory: various conveyor belt apparatuses, finished product (33:32). Guayama Town Plaza: manicured hedges, trees (34:52). Water lilies, other flora and fauna (35:16). Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua (35:33). Aerial view (36:05). Funeral procession (36:32). Beach and rocky cliffs (36:52). Road sign El Yunque, Rio Grande (37:16). Yokahú Tower (37:30). Rainforest, waterfall (38:11). El Conquistador Resort, Fajardo (39:17). Cable car (39:47). Man in speedo, cowboy hat greets guests onto small barge boat (40:20). Hotel guests picnic on remote beach (41:32). Scuba lesson (42:33). Underwater footage: seaweed sways, fish, coral reef (43:22). Palm trees along Luquillo Beach (44:15). Lifeguard sets up umbrella (44:44). Scenes race day, El Comandante Race Track (Hipódromo Camarero) (44:49). San Juan: Sun sets behind buildings (46:03). Signs for businesses and restaurants (46:18). Nightlife: Man dances limbo to steel drum band (46:43). Women dance bomba (46:52). Woman sits Castillo San Felipe del Morro (47:13).

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