# 1936 ST. THOMAS VIRGIN ISLANDS TRAVELOGUE "IN THE WAKE OF THE BUCKANEERS" (see also 53654) 72052b

Created by the Department of the Interior in 1936, "In the Wake of the Buckaneers" is a wonderful travelogue about St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. It shows some of the geographic features of the Virgin Islands and makes geographic inferences concerning this area. The film includes many beautiful scenes including maidens in one-piece swimsuits and the "Drake Seat" -- a bench that looks out on Megan Bay. A 1930s review of this film mentioned that the "sequence involving the mixing of the swizzle (around 9 minutes) may be objectionable but on the whole the film prethe tourists' point of view" -- a reference to the fact that the film was made during the Prohibition era. There is a also a book by the same name as this film by A. Hyatt Verrill, who chartered the ship "Vigilant" for an extended trip "down islands" in early 1920's. The book is a colorful account of the many interesting places visited during this voyage. Saint Thomas is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and, together with St. John and Water Island, forms a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie.The district has a land area of 31.24 square miles (80.9 km2). In 1917, St. Thomas was purchased (along with Saint John and Saint Croix) by the United States for $25 million in gold, as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Travel, Adventure, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/72052bVirginIslands)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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