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Pathe Intertitles - "In St. Lucia, West Indies, we found them, busy loading the bog ships". "Each girl carries 100 lbs of coal in her basket - and working through an eight-hour day, they don’t need any...
NoS Summary - The harvesting and grading coffee beans in the West Indies. NoS synopsis: "Coffee plantations in the West Indies keep quite a lot of natives out of mischief -" Various shots of a smartly...
NoS Summary - A trip around the world looking at different smiling faces. British Pathe synopsis: "Smiles make a great difference in faces. Take this Fiji Island Beauty - " A Fijian woman poses behind a...
Earthquake shakes island of St Lucia.
Big US reinforcements arrive to defend oil refineries.
Pineapple season gets under way as West Indies plan to meet world needs.
Coastguard planes rescue twenty-three missing airliner passengers after the liner had crashed and been lost in the islands.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riot & Bloodshed in Puerto Rico. DESCRIPTION: Trouble on the American island of Puerto Rico; first a record prison break, then, revolution and the attempted assassination of Puerto...
Newly democratised natives celebrate four-day holiday at first General Election.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Margaret Loyal Greeting for 25th Birthday. DESCRIPTION: On the eve of her 25th birthday, the whole Commonwealth desires to offer its good wishes and loyal greetings. SHOTLIST:...
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