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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Reel 1, Part 1: Reel 2, Part 1: “Schley Ride to the West Indies Reel 1 Part 2” () is a silent, color travelog film by Norman E. Schley as he tours some of the West Indies - particularly as he travels around Antigua & Barbuda and Jamaica. The film features footage of historical sights and government buildings, as well as shots of the natural beauty and lush landscapes in both places. Clearing along turquoise coastal waters, young palm trees, some huts/ housing structures (0:06). White water wake of small motorboat pulling water skier through enclave contrasts turquoise waters (0:11). POV passenger seat of car driving along dirt road through forested area, goats, horses seen grazing along the way (0:19). Men use machetes to chop down sugar cane crop, gathered onto back of tractor, farm hands ride on donkeys (0:46). 1961 Pontiac Parisienne drives along rural road (1:58). School-aged children playing in school yard excitedly run toward camera (2:06). Women gather cotton in field (2:29). Ruins of the Officers' Quarters, Shirley Heights (3:16). Local woman stands amid ruins selling needed necklaces (3:37). Mrs. Schley stands out on Shirley Heights Lookout, takes photos of view of mountainous rock formations and ocean (4:26). Aerial view of boat house & sail loft (4:34). Boat House and Sail Loft Pillars (4:45). Camera pans Nelson's Dockyard along English Harbor (4:56). Deckhands help load supplies onto sailboat from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (5:19). Officers Quarters and Copper and Lumber Store in Nelson's Dockyard (6:01). POV from passengers seat driving along street of residential area, modest-sized family homes, women and children walking in street carrying household goods, fresh caught fish (6:23). Bustling streets of Market Street of capital city St. John’s, pedestrian traffic, local businesses and storefronts (7:02). Churches and Cathedrals: St. John’s Cathedral of Antigua & Barbuda (7:18). Porter of hotel balances luggage on cart (7:35). Various shots of local international airport, flags of international airline carriers like Pan Am, LIAT (7:48). British West Indian Airway Vickers Viscount planes on tarmac, shell trucks for fueling (8:09). Aerial views of ocean, coastline from plane window (8:12). Illustrated map of the Caribbean, arrow points to Kingston, Jamaica (8:42). Police officer directs traffic in center of commercial area, storefront with large ROLEX sign (8:51). Window display of liquor store, shop attendant dusts stemware (9:09). Victoria Crafts Market: handwoven, embroidered baskets; Other storefronts (9:31). Monument of Charles Metcalfe in St. William Grant Park (9:45). Kingston commercial area: The Bank of Nova Scotia, the Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Jamaica (9:51). Various homes in residential area, kids play with and fly a Texaco-branded kite (10:04). Hope Botanical Gardens, Morris Oxford car drives along entrance road, kids on school trip walk by camera, various tropical flora and fauna (10:23). Hope Zoo: flamingos, parrots, toucans (11:19). Overlook looking over Kingston, waterfront (12:00). Entrance and pool area of Kingston Sheraton Hotel (12:04). Car drives along highway, road lined by lush green forest (12:45). House of Assembly of Jamaica (13:00). King’s House, Spanish Town, Jamaica - Georgian Architecture (13:11). The Rodney Memorial (13:17). Goats scamper about ruins of old church (13:28). Car drives through smaller towns, roads surrounded by jungle (14:04). Sign for popular tourist photo spot “Fern Gully,” sign sponsored by Kodak Film (14:31). Young kids in make-shift wooden cart ride down steep hill (14:54). Man uses bamboo pole to guide traditional Jamaican bamboo raft down river, drops tourists at guesthouse/ restaurant on the water where they get drinks, play cards (15:12). Alcan Jamaica Ltd-Ewarton Aluminum Mine: Rich red soil, complex apparatus to transport aluminum from mines to production facility (16:44). Another sign indication popular tourist site “Dunn’s River,” shots of Dunn’s River water flowing over rock formations (18:12). Marrakesh resort, white sand private beach of resort, small boats along shore (19:10). Montego Bay Water Wheel (19:44). Manicured gardens, grounds of another private resort (19:54). Local women wash clothes in stream (20:28). “Intermission” text appears across screen (20:43). 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
