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San Juan Puerto Rico 1931 stock footage and images

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Havana Cuba harbor scene; Hurricane scenes and damage in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 1932 San Ciprian hurricane

Vintage slate states that the scenes are from San Juan, Puerto Rico. However, it opens with pre-hurricane views not of San Juan, but of Havana, Cuba, as seen from its harbor. Buildings of Havana Cuba seen, including El Capitolio, the National Capitol Building in Havana. Seen shifts to a covered market area filled with people (possibly still Havana, or possibly now in Puerto Rico. Aerial view of homes and buildings in the city of San Juan in 1932. Scene changes to view of hurricane winds blowing palm trees at 120 mile speed during San Ciprian hurricane. Palm trees on shore blown by wind. Sea water floods city. View after storm of wreckage of houses. People combing through the ruins. Cloth spread on ruins. Women and children walk among ruins. View again of storm in progress with water flooding the area and hurricane force winds.

Date: 1932, September 29
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026484
Fokker F-10A trimotor and Sikorsky S-40 flying boat carry tourists. Buildings, harbor, and streets of San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Map highlights New York in United States and San Juan in Puerto Rico. Connection established between the two places. Baltimore and Miami also connected with San Juan. Map of Island of Puerto Rico. Boats at San Juan harbor. Buildings in background. A Pan American Airways Fokker F-10A trimotor passenger plane lands on airfield. Tourists deplane. A Sikorsky S-40 flying boat being tied up to a dock. Automobiles parked in streets of port city. Buildings in city. Traffic moves on street. Man looks down from balcony of building. Traffic in narrow streets. Cloudy sky as seen from seacoast.

Date: 1935
Duration: 5 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052087
Governor of Puerto Rico Horace M Towner, Colonel George H. Estes, and other officials welcome Charles Lindbergh in San Juan.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh visits San Juan, Puerto Rico. A huge crowd awaits his arrival at an air field. Lindbergh's plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis' lands and taxis. Men move towards the plane as it comes to a halt. Closeup of the 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. Several officials stand near the airplane as Lindbergh prepares to leave the cockpit. Among them is George H. Estes, Jr., Commander of U.S. Troops in Puerto Rico. ( He held rank of Brigadier General, in 1918, but now wears peacetime rank insignia of Colonel.) Others greeting Lindbergh include Puerto Rican government officials and civilians, who watch as Lindbergh climbs out of the cockpit. Lindbergh poses with Governor of Puerto Rico, Horace M Towner, and other officials.

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031389
A man climbs a tall coconut palm tree for coconuts in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Palm tree climbing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A man climbs a tall coconut palm tree. A man dressed in white clothes drinks coconut water.

Date: 1931
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060220
Buildings and statues in old San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Views in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A streetcar moving in front of City Hall. Plaza de Colon located near the Saint Christopher Castle. Statue of Juan Ponce de Leon and view of Cathedral. Automobile leaving Cathedral. Buildings in old San Juan. The Capitol building of Puerto Rico. A train station. Steel transmission towers.

Date: 1935
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052089
San Juan City view in Puerto Rico.

Tropical waters and shore areas with palm trees in Puerto Rico. U.S. defenses in Puerto Rico, early in World War 2 period. U.S. destroyer patrols at San Juan harbor, the El Moro fortress, and Governor's Palace. San Juan street scenes. Capital building, residential areas and a water fountain.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029921