A CARIBBEAN CRUISE FEBRUARY 1932 PART II

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6617-2).

Synopsis

Amateur film by an American millionaire of a Caribbean cruise with his wife and friends in 1932.

"Approaching the Culebra Cut where the Canal pierces the Continental Divide." The result of an earlier landslide. Pacific end of the Panama Canal. Panama City. Group shot of friends. Ruins of old Panama City. "I flew back from Panama to Colon alone as Peggy refused to accompany me." Isthmian Airways sea-plane. Aerial views of mountains and scenery from the plane. Gatun Lake. "Back on the Britannic bound for Havana" "Morro Castle" "The new Cuban Capitol" Horse racing. Golf. Approaching Key West. Playing tennis. "Hazel Richards." "Peggy and her old beau, Mr Speigel." "Julia Bach." "The Mixsalls, Peggy and Mr Merrill."

 

Titles

  • COLLECTION OF COPLEY THAW TRAVELOGUES (Alternative)
  • A CARIBBEAN CRUISE FEBRUARY 1932 PART II
 

Technical Data

Year:
1932
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
405 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
United States of America
cameraman
Thaw, Lawrence Copley