Puerto Rican men stand at attention as American flag hoisted and a man blows a trumpet in Puerto Rico. Men swim in sea and enjoy at a beach. Men eat food.
Workers construct houses and roads in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They build roads while vehicles drive on them. Number of cars parked in parking area. Dam under construction. Aerial view of houses under construction in a row. Street signs read: Calle General Patton; Avenue Las Americas; and Calle Taft. View of the Puerto Rican Capitol building.
Well laid out dining table. A smaller table laid out for four during a Congressional tour of inspection. Secretary of War, John W Weeks and General Wells review Puerto Rican troops of the U.S. Army 65th Infantry Regiment in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Congressmen review a parade as an Army band plays. The Secretary meets 65th Infantry Regiment officers and guests at the Hotel Vanderbilt.
Crowds watch as Puerto Rican authorities, wearing bullet-proof vests and carrying weapons, arrest a ;member of the revolutionary movement. Inside the offices of the movement, one can see evidence of a shootout, with bullet holes and physical damage. The room displays a photograph of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos flanked by the flag of Puerto Rico and the revolutionary flag of Lares. Many weapons are captured and displayed.
View out front of moving subway train as it passes by in South Bronx in New York City. Families, many of hispanic, Latin American, Puerto Rican descent, in crowded streets. Families go to Church. A man washing a car. People sing and play tambourines and enjoy themselves. Children enjoy playing in water that is spraying from fountains. View of Bethany Christian Mission church with wooden cross hanging out front. View of Iglesia Pentecostal Estrella de Oriente. A man playing a guitar. Crowds gathered to watch a baseball game at St Mary's Park. Many people speaking in Spanish. An airplane passes low over the streets. Family sits on balcony and fire escape of an apartment building. A young man flies a small kite from the roof of the building. Chalk writing on street reads, Puerto Rico. Clouds gather in the sky and clothes on clothes line move with wind.
View of coconut palms in Puerto Rico. Man climbs up a coconut tree and tosses coconuts on the ground. Coconuts ate gathered and loaded onto a cart. Men husk coconut shells using an upright steel blade. Banana trees. Men collect bunch of bananas and load them on donkeys. Sugarcane plantation. Flowers over the crop. Sugarcane crop is harvested. The crops is loaded on bullock carts.