Film Record: Landfalls of the Caribbean and Primitive Surinam

Identifier:

• 98.21.17 (Source: Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum)

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Floyd Henry Wells

Languages:

English

Length:

1889 ft (2 reels)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Human Studies Film Archives list of titled amateur works.

Description:

Edited film "chronicling travel through the Caribbean including scenic landscapes, cities and villages, dance, local markets and fishing. Wells travelled on the M/s Stella Maris II. Locations filmed include Puerto Rico, Saba St. Kits, Gaudelupe, St. Lucia, Barbados, Paramaribo, Tobago, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent, Dominica, Martinique, Fortress of San Felikpe Del Morrow (San Juan), For Christianvaern, Fort Fleur depee XVIII siecle, and Sam Lord's Castle," Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum.

Resources:

Listed by the Smithsonian as filmed circa 1960s - so the film may not necessarily have been filmed in 1960.

Locations:

• The Carribean (Filming)

Subjects:

•           Fishing
•           Ocean
•           Ocean travel
•           Ships
•      Markets
•      Cities and towns
•      Dance

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Feature

Tags:

Repository:

Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum

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