A pontoon bridge swings open wide to allow passage of an arriving steamship in Willemstad, Curacao. Views from the ship as it traverses the canal. Passengers line the deck to watch.The pontoon bridge swings back into position again, and local pedestrians and vehicles that have been waiting, move quickly to proceed on their way again.
Scenes of the old City in Cartagena, Columbia. An antique gun in the San Felipe de Barajas Castle, overlooking the harbor below. The Torre del Reloj (Boca del Puente, Centro, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia) or clock tower and Puerta del Reloj, main entrance gate to the old walled city which was founded in 1533. The Cathedral of Cartegena (the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Calle de los Santos de Piedra, Cra. 4, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia). Local people in a horse-drawn wagon pass by the gateway to a public park, flanked by Doric columns and topped with a statue of Vulcan at a forge. A man walks toward the entrance of the House of the Inquisition (Inquisition Palace 46, Plaza de Bolivar Carrera 3 33, Bolívar, Colombia). The camera pans upward to the decorative seal and stonework above doorway. A local woman doing laundry at stone sinks. views of pedestrians walking along narrow streets, balconies of houses project overhead.
The Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Plaza de San Pedro Claver, Cra. 4 #30-01, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia) at Plaza San Pedro Claver, in Cartagena, Colombia. The tomb of San Pedro Claver, the city's patron saint, inside the cathedral. A view of Cartagena Cathedral (Calle de los Santos de Piedra, Cra. 4, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia), rising above trees.
A printing press in the United States. The newspapers come out from a printing machine. Operations at the press.
A railway track in the United States. Shrubs on either side of the track. Wooden planks under the railway track.
Actors, dressed in early 20th century clothing, ride in a wagon propelled by wind and sail, across a sand flat. Actor portrays Henry Ford working on the gasoline engine for a racing car called the Ford 999. Workers at a forge making repairs and adjustments on the car. The actual Ford 999 being demonstrated on a race track. Driver seated in the car. An assistant cranks the Ford 999 engine to start it, and it is driven around the track. (Signs painted on the track wall refer to Tommy Milton; Duesenberg; and Meteor, which relate to auto racing in the 1920s and 30s.)
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