Eckhart, Percy B. (Percy Bernard), 1877-1969 Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
Film footage from a cruise of the Caribbean and Mediterranean that began in March 1926. Activities depicted include cruise ship life; landscapes and harbors; monumental buildings and ruins, including interior shots; and brief shots of local people on streets, at leisure, and at work. Much of the Mediterranean film footage is touristic: historic sites and monuments, crowded street scenes in port cities, and companions at leisure in restaurants or on the cruise ship. The Caribbean film footage is notable for its sustained interest in locals and serves as a record of daily life in rural villages and homes as well as cities. Bulleted information is transcribed from film reels and/or cans. Filming locations as listed on reels and in intertitles include: Puerto Rico, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad, Caracas (Venezuela), the Panama Canal, Kingston (Jamaica), Malta, Cyprus, and Bethlehem and Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine).
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
The Percy B. Eckhart films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
