The Monasterio de El Escorial in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, about 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid. Dome of the El Escorial (Av Juan de Borbón y Battemberg, s/n, 28200 San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain), the historical residence of the King of Spain. A carriage outside the palace, men remove dry leaves from the road outside the palace with large brooms. A stone emblem of a ruler and a statue of a man. Interiors of the palace. Murals on walls and ceilings. Furniture in rooms inside the El Escorial.
View of U.S. Army transport ship, "El Aquario," at dockside in San Francisco, California, preparing to get underway in support of the Army Air Corp Alaska Flight Project, in 1934. Views from aboard the El Aquario, as it makes its way out of San Francisco. View from amidship, forward to the pilot house. Views of surrounding scenery as the ship makes way in protected inland waters from Seattle Washington through Vancouver, British Columbia, and Southern Alaska. View on deck as the ship rolls while underway.. View in ship's dining hall during meal as she rolls slightly (not enough to upset the dishes). An isolated waterfront house seen along the way.
Tropical waters and shore areas with palm trees in Puerto Rico. U.S. defenses in Puerto Rico, early in World War II period. United States destroyer patrols at San Juan harbor, the El Moro fortress, and Governor's Palace. San Juan street scenes. The Capitol of Puerto Rico Building (1 Plaza de la Democracia, San Juan, PR, 00901). The Antigua Escuela de Medicina Tropical or School of Tropical Medicine (Av. de la Constitución, San Juan, 00901, Puerto Rico) in San Juan. The Casa de España building (9 Av. de la Constitución, San Juan, 00901, Puerto Rico). The fountain at Casa de España.
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.
Nationalist sympathizers are arrested at the Insular Police Headquarters, and placed aboard a bus, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are transported and seen stepping from a commercial bus with "Mazaguez Linea el Dia" written on its front. The Capitol of Puerto Rico Building (1 Plaza de la Democracia, San Juan, PR, 00901) can be seen in the distant background. A circular drive-in front of a building is filled, bumper-to-bumper, with taxi cabs, labeled "City Taxi."
Major General Henry C Pratt, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during World War 2. Two motorcyclists move in front of the caravan of official cars. Major General Henry C Pratt, Lt. General George H Brett and Vice Admiral John H Hoover standing. General Pratt reviews Guard of honor. Lt. General George H Brett, Commanding General of the Caribbean Defense Command, pins the Distinguished Service Medal (Army) medal on General Pratt. Troops march in front of the historic El Morro at Fort Brooke.