Puerto Rico, Villa Rica, 1958

RL10157-F16-0011 Puerto Rico, Villa Rica 1958 Reversal original, 16mm, silent, color 16.35 minutes

• sign: "4 Dormitorios Amueblados y Decorados por Patio Shop," in ground outside of building • bungalows • three men stand in street, looking at partially built bungalows • cow in neighborhood, the men go over and pet it • sign: "3 Dormitorios Amueblados y Decorados por Patio Shop" • man stands in front of partially built structures, points camera at Morris's camera • pans over landscape of partially built structures • sign: "Nuevos Modelos de Casas Villa Rica Véalos Ahora! desde $8,990" • exterior of Villa Rica sales office • landscapes, including neighborhoods, streets • close-up on poster, blurry • monument: "A la memoria de Ramon Emeterio Betances" • billboard: HNAS Davila Supermarket • billboard: Casa Modelo Villa Rica • billboard: Oficina de Ventas • houses captured from moving car • views of the construction area • neon sign: Caribe Hilton • tourists at hotel pool and beach, including ocean scenes • flamingos • Morris stands like a flamingo among the birds • landscape and ocean from plane window • plane lands • people prepare to disembark, underexposed and dark • travelers disembark from airplane at St. Thomas-Virgin Islands • locals unload luggage from plane • Caribair plane • sign: "Welcome to St. Thomas Virgin Islands, U.S.A. Be sure to visit St. John and St. Croix" • Caribair plane and stairs on tarmac • Dorothy and daughters? pose under "Welcome" sign • sign: too dark to read • travelers sit in terminal • group of (mostly) women look out at scenic view • interior shots of a shop? underexposed and dark • landscapes • locals at harbor, fellow travelers mingle • produce market at the harbor • Dorothy walks toward camera • donkey carries cargo down street • large house • golf course, close-up on someone setting up a shot • group of men play golf • golfers buy or receive? fruit from young man • golfers peel and eat fruit • Morris walks from golf cart, rolls up pant legs, and prepares to swing; golfs • city square, street scenes • unidentified church? • San Juan National Historic Site Visitor Center • sign: "Visitor Center San Juan National Historic Site / U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service" • parking lot near Visitor Center • fellow travelers waiting in parking lot • interior of Visitor Center? • women at golf course • man stands next to car • sign: "Caribair" • group of travelers waiting at airport, underexposed and dark • sign: Pan American World Airways, underexposed and dark • fellow travelers read newspapers, underexposed and dark • poster: "The Virgin Islands by Caribair St. Crois St. John St. Thomas Now Also to St. Maarten, N.W.I." • technicians? near plane on tarmac • group approaches plane, poses outside, and boards • Morris and unknown woman pose in front of plane, wave, and board • interior of plane • license plate: Tropical Playground T-116 Virgin Islands • aerial view of town and ocean • group at restaurant, underexposed and dark • woman in bathing suit climbing onto and then off of boat • tourists at hotel pool and beach • series of swimmers jump from diving board • unidentified church • street scenes • group walks away from Farmacia la Esperanza • houses