Huntley Film Archives Holdings on Latin America and the Caribbean
Newsreels and documentaries often address other themes and countries beyond Latin America and the Caribbean. For the sake of clarity, we have only highlighted topics concerning Latin America and the Caribbean.
Documentaries, Newsreel, Amateur and Educational Films, Travelogues.
CARIBBEAN
Film 9517 | Food + Drink | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Importation of bananas. Growing them in the Caribbean and Central America.
Film 9518 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Sound | Colour
Central America and the Caribbean. Banana production, street scenes, coffee production.
Film 446 | War + Military | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Bahamas, Bermuda, West Indies, British Honduras. Various.
Film 14777 | Places + Locations | 1890's | Silent | B/W
Cuba wars. Lumiere Films of the 1890's France.
Film 1589 | Places + Locations | 1920's | Silent | B/W
Bahamas. Tourism
Cuba. City and Industry.
Jamaica. Maket and streets, national resources.
Film 30788 | Social History | 1920's | Silent | B/W + Colour
West Indies, Panama
-Amateur home movies from a wealthy country family who do field sports and holiday
-Barbados. Trinidad, Panama, Cuba, Bahamas. Cruise to West Indies.
Film 217 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Cuba. Splendour of Cuba in the 1930s.
Film 5984 | War + Military | 1940's | Sound | B/W
-Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina.Maps show potential new German influence.
-Cuba. HavanaConference for the Defence of the Americas, July 22, 1940.
Film 15283 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Silent | B/W
Cuba. Havana Holiday.
Film 18695 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Bahamas, Cuba and other unidentified islands from the West Indies. Resources and industry.
Film 6595 | Music | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Cuba. Musical short set at the 'Havana Café'.
Film 4175 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Silent | B/W
Jamaica. Train, industry, various.
Film 6530 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Jamaica. Agriculture, ship at sea departing Jamaica.
Film 18576 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Jamaica.
Film 667 | Railways | 1900's | Silent | B/W
Jamaica. Railroad panoramas.
Film 25082 | | n.d. | |
Jamaica. Various.
Film 15022 | Places + Locations | 1920's | Silent | B/W
-Grenada. Coconut harvest and industry.
-Barbados. Sugar plantations.
Film 1604 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Haiti to Trinidad by boat.
Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad. Various, industry and resources.
Film 4330 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Silent | B/W
Barbados. Antigua. Amateur home movie. Seems to be an appeal by Christians for help for islanders after World War Two.
Film 7232 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Silent | Colour
Trinidad. Amateur home movie. 'Holiday' footage.
Film 9382 | Industry + Work | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Trinidad. Drilling for oil. Petroleum processing.
Film 6589 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Trinidad. Landscapes. Various.
Film 6018 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | Colour + B/W
Trinidad and Surinam. Amateur home movie.
CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICA
Film 9518 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Sound | Colour
Central America and the Caribbean. Banana production, street scenes, coffee production.
Film 9517 | Food + Drink | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Importation of bananas. Growing them in the Caribbean and Central America.
Film 6018 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | Colour + B/W
Trinidad and Surinam. Amateur home movie.
Film 287 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W + Colour
British Honduras and Belize. Amateur home movie.
Film 1940 | Industry + Work | 1930's | Sound | B/W
British Honduras. Timber industry.
Film 30788 | Social History | 1920's | Silent | B/W + Colour
West Indies, Panama
-Amateur home movies from a wealthy country family who do field sports and holiday
-Barbados. Trinidad, Panama, Cuba, Bahamas. Cruise to West Indies.
Film 217 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Cuba. Splendour of Cuba in the 1930s.
Film 5984 | War + Military | 1940's | Sound | B/W
-Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina. Maps show potential new German influence.
-Cuba. Havana Conference for the Defence of the Americas, July 22, 1940.
Film 17944 | Aviation | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Argentina, Brazil by plane.
Film 15137 | Sport | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Galapagos Islands. Sports fishing.
Film 30696 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Silent | B/W
Galapagos Islands. Fauna and flora, need for conservation.
Film 1563 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
British Guiana. Sea defences. Rice farming.
Film 1788 | Places + Locations | 1920's | Silent | B/W
British Guiana. South America. Various.
Film 1566 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
British Guiana.Sugar plantations of Demerara.
Film 6211 | Places + Locations | 1920's | Silent | B/W
Guatemala City. Various.
Film 3803 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Guatemala. Various.
Film 32574 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Guatemala. Old buildings, local market with peasants in traditional costume, religious shrine.
Film 243 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Costa Rica. Tourism.
Film 27050 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent + Sound | B/W + Colour
Costa Rica (horse riding), Across the Andes (train, views)
Film 3186 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Peru. Narrated film about the daily life of the Indian population in the Highlands of Peru.
Film 17161 | Personalities | 1900's | Sound | B/W
Venezuela. Crisis in 1904: Shots of Roosevelt giving speeches.
Film 14218 | Social History | 1940's-1950’ | Silent | Colour + B/W
Chile? Amateur home movies. 1940s or 1950s cruise.
Film 374 | Places + Locations | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Chile. Various.
Film 1590 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Chile. Trams and railway over the Andes in the snow.
Film 5327 | Medicine | 1940's | Sound | B/W
World malnurtrition and hunger in the 1940's. Nitrates exported from Chile.
Film 32136 | Newsreels + Film Magazines | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Chile. newsreel, accompanied by a guiding commentary, charting world events of 1939: Chilean earthquake, U.S. Navy round Cape Horn.
Film 6648 | Places + Locations | 1910's | Silent | B/W
Paraguay, Lengua Mascoys, Missionaries: the first title reads " First Tribe Evangelised in Paraguayan Chaco ".
Film 8902 | Religion | 1920's | Silent | B/W
Mexico. Religious devotion.
Film 327 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Mexico. Various.
Film 4977 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Mexico. Educational film about the labour on a Mexican hacienda. Cattle and fieldwork.
Film 205 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Mexico. City street scenes. Landscapes.
Film 7440 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Mexico. Fiesta.
Film 412 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Mexico. Various.
Film 6020 | Places + Locations | 1930's | Sound | B/W
Mexico. Various.
Film 37810 | Newsreels + Film Magazines | 1930's | Silent | B/W
Mexico. Ancient Mounds. Mexican pyramids.
Film 3790 | Farming + Rural Life | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Mexico. Valley of Mexico. Various.
Film 9771 | Entertainment + Leisure | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Mexico. Holidays for the French Canadians.
Film 5200 | Social History | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Mexico. Pan American Highway, recent history of Mexico, landscapes, various.
Film 1844 | Newsreels + Film Magazines | 1940's | Silent | B/W
Mexico, Brazil. Review of the events of the year 1947. President Truman in Mexico, Ottawa, Rio.
Film 32720 | Education | 1940's | Sound | B/W
Mexico. View of Mexico City College.
Feature Film
Film 9710 | Feature Drama | 1930's | Sound | Colour
The very first Technicolor musical short. 'La Cucaracha'. (First live action dramatic 3-strip film).
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