“ ISLES OF THE CARIBBEAN ” 1958 PAN AM PROMO CUBA, JAMAICA, GRENADA, PUERTO RICO, TRINIDAD

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This 1958 promotional film was produced by International Film Productions Limited for Pan Am to highlight attractions in the carrier’s Caribbean network. It begins with scenes of beaches, islands, and tourists relaxing at luxury resorts. It then briefly highlights some of the different Pan Am destinations including Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the US Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Martinique, and Cuba. The film shows that the Caribbean Islands each have unique offerings that go beyond their natural beauty.

0:28 Focus Leader, 1:00 waves crashing onto a beach in the Caribbean, 2:22 Pan American presents “Isles of the Caribbean”, 2:34 produced by Stanley Toogood and Jean Oser, 2:48 Directed by Jean Oser, 3:01 a Pan Am DC-7 taking off, 3:16 Pan Am DC-7 midair, 3:47 couples on a scenic beach, 4:56 a man cutting open a coconut for his wife, 5:17 a luxury island resort, 5:28 men fixing fishing nets, 6:22 Caribbean band playing for tourists at a restaurant, 6:57 different shots of the jungle on an island, 7:35 cocoa being harvested from trees, 7:57 farmers harvesting nutmeg, 8:10 farmers drying mace, 8:50 tourists swimming in a lake, 9:19 a band and a limbo dancer performing for guests at a resort, 10:26 guests and their children swimming in pools and the ocean, 11:07 a statue of Christopher Columbus, 11:17 Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 11:23 Altar de la Patria in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 11:54 tourists walking on the Plaza de Armas in San Juan, 12:25 Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, 12:39 fields of sugar cane, 12:56 abandoned plantation houses on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, 13:13 workers harvesting sugar cane and singing, 13:52 the Union Jack being raised while troops march, 14:33 tourists getting onto a sailboat at English Harbor in Antigua, 14:50 Lord Nelson’s Dockyard on Antigua, 15:29 the sailboat with the tourists sailing on the ocean, 16:21 men fishing on a boat, 16:34 different shots of the sailboat at sea, 17:08 the sailboat arrives at St. George’s Harbor in Grenada, 17:39 street scenes from Bridgetown Harbor in Barbados, 18:06 Barbados Defense Force Cavaliers marching their horses to a band, 18:38 children playing cricket on a field, 18:48 Street scenes from Port of Spain including the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, 19:20 the Jinnah Memorial Mosque in Port of Spain, 19:41 the Royal Botanical Gardens in St Andrew, Jamaica, 20:14 a Caribbean Band performing a song, 21:09 tourists relaxing and dancing at the beach, 21:45 waiters setting tables at a resort in the evening, 22:02 the ruins of St. Pierre in Martinique, 22:29 the St. Louis Cathedral in Fort-de-France, Martinique, 22:43 Statue of the Empress Joséphin in Fort-de-France, 23:01 the Grand Marche in Fort-de-France, 23:25 a band performing with women dancing, 23:53 overview of Willemstad, Curaçao, 24:35 tourists shopping in Willemstad, 24:56 the Queen Emma Pontoon Bridge being opened, 25:22 the El Embajador Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 26:09 the Intercontinental in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 26:16 Motel Oasis at Varadero Beach in Cuba, 26:30 the Hotel Nacional in Havana, 26:41 the skyline of Havana, Cuba, 27:12 shots of different islands, 27:39 Pan Am B-707 taking off, 27:45 Produced by International Film Productions Limited

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