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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website Part 3: This travelogue was made by Norman E. Schley, who made a series of films titled “Schley Rides“. This particular film takes the viewer on a breathtaking journey around pre-revolutionary, and pre-U.S. embargo, Havana, Cuba. Please note that the film is silent, but would have originally been presented at screenings with live narration by Norman Schley himself. Eastern Airlines Douglas DC-3 (0:39). Views from plane (0:52). El Capitolio (the National Capitol Building) (2:03). Couple sits in public square (2:27). Sears on corner of Calle Reina (2:40). El Malecón Boardwalk Cuba, signs for Coca Cola and Firestone (2:44). Faro Castillo del Morro (3:01). Hotel Nacional de Cuba along Malecón (3:21). Driving along El Malecón (3:34). Cars pull into Hotel Nacional de Cuba (3:39). View from inside hotel: palm-tree lined entrance, neighboring buildings (4:11). Sunbathers, swimmers at hotel pool (4:43). Mar Pacifico flower (4:48). Couple share cigarette and lunch poolside, wind blows through gingham picnic tablecloth (5:13). Waiters carry picnic tables on their shoulder to pool (5:34). Lunch: sandwiches, fruit salad in pineapple (5:39). Swimmers in pool (6:12). Woman in 1950s swimsuit applies zinc to nose, tanning oil (6:39). Driver next to black 1930s-era Lincoln L (7:16). Young woman plays mini-golf (7:34). Driving around Old Havana in Lincoln L (7:40). Dilapidated buildings Old Havana: small patios, archways (7:51). Ron Havana Club sign (7:53). Backlit waiter serves customers, Havana Cathedral in view (7:57). Schley family with street vendor selling silver bracelets, painted Maracas (8:22). Perhaps ceviche served at restaurant (8:47). The Museum of the Revolution, Old Havana (9:03). Cuban flag (9:27). Monument to Máximo Gómez (9:35). Palm-tree lined walkway, topiary bushes (10:13). USS Maine Monument (10:37). Young boys sit along El Malecón, climb on rocks - street vendors pass by with carts (gardening pots, watermelons) (11:00). Outdoor market (11:45). Row of cars in traffic on narrow Old Havana street (11:50). Paseo del Prado, pedestrian traffic along commercial street (11:54). Perhaps Schley approaches bookmakers on the paseo, cockfighting bets (12:32). Man and young girl watch over roosters in shade of old building (13:12). Exterior Valla de Gallos (cockfighting ring) - men wearing fedoras gamble in booths (14:16). Interior ring: men hang over guard barriers (14:58). Couples dance on crowded dance floor at outdoor festival (15:19). Salón Rosado de la Tropical beer garden, music venue (15:42). Entrance Hotel Varadero International (16:08). Hotel pool - men jump from diving boards, sunbathers, young women (16:58). White sand beach, coastline (18:20). Hotel golf course (18:49). Older couple come ashore, private yacht seen just off the coast, pet monkey on leash (19:05). Field baby agave plants (19:50). Sign for entrance to International Harvester Co. - perhaps Agave Farm (19:59). Worker uses machete to trim plants (20:12). Other workers pull cart on rail track stacked high with harvested agave stalks (20:28). Stalks unloaded onto conveyor belt at processing plant (20:46). Sisal extracted, organized into bundles (21:24). Sisal drying on racks at plantation, contrast white color with brown of arid soil (22:08). Workers gather and tie bundles of dried sisal, load onto cart, bundles stored in plant (22:42). Rows of young banana trees (24:22). Sugarcane field - harvesters use machetes to cultivate crop (25:00). Cattle pull cart of sugarcane through harvested field (26:00). Camera pans modest processing plant (26:22). Drive along quaint street in small town (26:33). Small row boats dot blue waters, families cast out fishing nets (26:36). Young father proudly displays catch of crabs (27:34). Omnibus Santiago-Habana station, passengers drink beers at roadside bar (27:46). Waterfront Mid-Century Modern villas, sailboats docked (28:33). Shirtless man stains panels for yacht on dock (29:02). Villas painted bright tropical colors (29:18). Drive through Old Havana: pedestrian traffic, banners and signs for establishments, commercial trucks making delivery (30:08). Woman on street corner prepares and sells Buñuelos con Almibar (30:46). Kids play with kite on empty lot (31:29). Cows graze on private farm (31:44). Family of farmers (31:58). Hotel Club Kawama gardens and grounds (32:47). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
