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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 1: This silent travelogue is reel 2 of “Schley Ride to Puerto Rico (The 51st State?)”, a film in the series dubbed “Picturelogues” produced and directed by Norman E. Schley. This film covers a journey across the island of Puerto Rico. This version of the film is silent, but most likely a sound version was produced at some point. Mayagüez (0:20). Water ripples in fountain (0:30). Monumento al Lic. Eugenio María de Hostos (0:54). The Edificio José de Diego (1:03). USDA’s Federal Experiment Station (Tropical Agriculture Research Station) (1:12). Jungle geranium flowers (1:30). Cannon-ball fruit, Cannon Ball Tree (1:46). Torch Ginger flower in bloom (2:34). Heliconia flower (2:54). Shell Gas station (3:37). Spanish road signs (3:54). San German - rocky mountains, valley farmland, homes (4:42). Residential streets lined with telephone poles (5:17). Man rides horse down small street, 1960s cars parked on roadside (6:03). Public square shaded by trees (6:13). Architectural details: wrought iron Juliet balconies (6:44). Pedestrian traffic (7:00). Iglesia Porta Coeli (7:06). Construction site housing developments (7:59). Hormigueros: Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate (9:02). Church goers crowd outside church on perhaps Good Friday, girls in communion dresses, men carry Jesus in decorated casket (10:05). Hormigueros salt fields (11:59). A-frame ranch house, Children hang off porch awaiting guests (12:19). Ranchers herd bulls (12:41). Woman sells pineapples (12:52). Schley and friend slice pineapple on roadside (13:18). Schley pays rancher to take video portrait (13:45). 1960s Mustang in front of roadside food stand (13:53). Vendor prepares shaved ice (14:01). Man prepares coconut using machete (15:01). Women, children wash clothes in stream (15:36). Boy sells avocados on roadside (15:58). Roosters in chicken wire cages (16:25). Cockfight: men peer over ring barrier with cigarettes in hand (16:57). Mid-size center console fishing boat in Boquerón Bay, Cabo Rojo (17:22). Boquerón Yacht Club: Crowds gather on pier for Regatas Boquerón (18:05). Evinrude motor (18:10). Motor boats speed across bay (18:30). Two men struggle to push dinghy out into bay (18:48). Waves knock against jagged rocks along Cabo Rojo (20:29). Close-up Boquerón Reservoir wall (21:51). Reservoir lake (22:11). Guánica (22:17). Crystal clear waters framed by rocky cliffs (22:29). Guánica Historic Rock (22:55). Smoke billows from industrial plant (23:10). Guánica Port: rusted parts of industrial ships (23:39). Street cleaner (24:03). Copamarina Beach Resort & Spa (24:20). Tauco, school children (24:41). Flier for upcoming election (25:09). Kids play pickup baseball on concrete diamond (25:41). Industry in Tauco (26:14). Construction site, new apartment complexes (26:51). Construction highway (27:19). Camera pans Ponce homes, buildings, villas from lookout (27:42). Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (28:54). Parque de Bombas, firemen (29:04). Statue Luis Muñoz Rivera, Plaza Las Delicias (29:25). Pedestrian traffic downtown Ponce (30:06). Banco de Ponce (30:26). Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño (30:34). Monumento a la Abolición de la Esclavitud (30:37). Mid-century modern, Googie-style buildings and churches (30:46). Interior staircase and works at Museo de Arte de Ponce (31:12). Children play at nursery school (32:46). Ponce cement factory: various conveyor belt apparatuses, finished product (33:32). Guayama Town Plaza: manicured hedges, trees (34:52). Water lilies, other flora and fauna (35:16). Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua (35:33). Aerial view (36:05). Funeral procession (36:32). Beach and rocky cliffs (36:52). Road sign El Yunque, Rio Grande (37:16). Yokahú Tower (37:30). Rainforest, waterfall (38:11). El Conquistador Resort, Fajardo (39:17). Cable car (39:47). Man in speedo, cowboy hat greets guests onto small barge boat (40:20). Hotel guests picnic on remote beach (41:32). Scuba lesson (42:33). Underwater footage: seaweed sways, fish, coral reef (43:22). Palm trees along Luquillo Beach (44:15). Lifeguard sets up umbrella (44:44). Scenes race day, El Comandante Race Track (Hipódromo Camarero) (44:49). San Juan: Sun sets behind buildings (46:03). Signs for businesses and restaurants (46:18). Nightlife: Man dances limbo to steel drum band (46:43). Women dance bomba (46:52). Woman sits Castillo San Felipe del Morro (47:13). 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
