Steamship leaving Havana harbor passes Moro Castle. Street scenes of Havana Cuba. The National Capitol Building . The National Theater Building. The Presidential Palace. A windy day in very busy outdoor market at the famous Instituto del Vedado on 23 Street corner to D.
Casino de la Playa Orchestra performing at the Casino La Playa in Havana Cuba. Various musical instruments are played and the orchestra is led by conductor Guillermo Portela . Cuban dance music in which singer Miguelito Valdes, here seen playing the maracas, is featured. (Later, in 1940, Valdes was hired by Xavier Cugat as a singer.) People seen sitting behind the musicians. Nighttime illuminations on buildings. Patrons dining and dancing.
Casino de la Playa, a night club in Marianao Beach, Havana, Cuba. People sitting at tables. A man and a woman give a dance performance. Lights focused on the center. Audience cheer the dancers. Musicians of the Casino de la Playa Orchestra under Guillermo Portela play Cuban dance music. Men and women dance. A young Walfredo de los Reyes seen playing trumpet. Trombone, saxophone, and clarinet players also seen in close ups.and maraccas player and singer is Miguelito Valdes who would later be Xavier Cugat star singer in the early forties
Daytime views of city center, Havana, Cuba. Traffic and pedestrians. A Cuban street peddler trying to sell maracas to American tourists in an open car. A tourist gives him money but does not want the maracas. Peddler walks away angrily. Sign on a shop reads 'Baizan' . Street cars operating. Scene of park with people seated on benches. Government buildings in background. Silhouette artist seeking customers and several bystanders at street corner, with the Capitolio Nacional building in background.
A Sikorsky S-40 Pan American Clipper seaplane taxis in after landing at Havana, Cuba. It is directed by man standing in small boat. Sikorsky S-40 docked. Its passengers exiting and walking on dock to shore. A Pan American Clipper taxis in, on the water, viewed from behind engine of another docked Sikorsky S-40.
Men serving drinks at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Havana, Cuba. Men and women sit at table and have drinks. Outside view of Sloppy Joe's Bar. Vehicles parked out side the bar. Street scenes with pedestrians, street car and automobile traffic. Sloppy Joe's Bar seen from outside with signs on building. A man tries to sell dolls to tourists seated in an open sightseeing automobile.
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