U.S. military engineers employ heavy equipment during joint-services exercises in Puerto Rico. Caterpillar tractor pulls a tournapull (road scraper). Front of the road scraper as it cuts into ground. Man hooks up cable tournapull. It scoops up coral from ground. Wheels of the vehicle roll on ground. tournapull loaded with coral moves downhill.
A DC-3 aircraft taxis in to the parking ramp at San Juan airport, Puerto Rico. It carries identification sign in window, reading: "U.S.Department of Commerce." U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Charles W. Sawyer, descends steps from the airplane and is greeted by Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz Marin and members of his Government. Car carrying the visiting party enters the portal of La Fortaleza, the Governor's official residence. A guard salutes. Inside the Governor discusses Puerto Rican affairs with Secretary Sawyer, referring to a map of the Island.
President Herbert Hoover sails for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands accompanied by his friends and advisors. He is greeted by officers as he boards battleship Arizona. President undertook the trip to raise funds for children of insular possessions.
Cattle pulls his plow as a farmer plows his field in Puerto Rico. Man loads sugar cane into a truck. The S.S. Catherine is docked at a passenger terminal. (She makes overnight runs between San Juan, Puerto Rico, and St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands.) Men are seen moving about on the wharf, where some cargo is sitting. . View of farms. A small tugboat pulls a heavily laden barge in coastal waters. A sign reads 'god bless America'. New cars are seen on the docks. Some are covered with cloth covers. Cars of the era are parked at the curb near a sidewalk. Aerial views from an airplane flying over the coastline. Views of Fort San Felipe del Morro from the air.
Lowland portions of the island in Puerto Rico. Mountains in Puerto Rico. Houses for peasants on the mountains. Cattle plows farms on a mountain. Women and children outside a hut.
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.
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