Cuba: Zoo
Identifier
F.2005-01-0043
Date Of Production
1953
Abstract
Unedited film of Havana, Cuba. Footage includes the zoo, beaches, Capitol building, urban and rural landscapes and people, wildlife like dolphins, stingrays and sea turtles, and CU of exotic flowers. Shot by Metro Movie Club member Ed Diller.
Log
00:00 - handheld VS flamingos in a pond
01:40 - MS women sitting looking through a fence
02:02 - MS alligator with mouth open
02:07 - CU bright red/yellow exotic flower
02:19 - VS statue of deer, PAN LEFT highway
02:51 - sign “Zoologico”, LS Roman revival buildings, cars passing
03:21 - VS PANNING busy upscale dining patio, men give announcement over microphone, men hold flag “Club de Leones”
06:05 - PAN MLS beach in front of resort, MLS resort swimming pool with palm trees
06:36 - CU bright pink flowers
06:49 - MS diving board with sign “Varadero”
06:57 - VLS PAN Varedero International building
07:25 - CU bright exotic flowers
07:55 - HA cars parked, driving on street, TILT up cityscape
08:36 - HA flower stand, people walking on sidewalk, sitting on a bench
09:10 - LS Capitol Building, cityscape
09:37 - night, VS building lit with yellow lights contouring architecture
10:17 - VS people walking on sidewalks, cars parked, Asian outdoor market
11:46 - VS park with large pond and many trees and flowers, families play in the park
13:14 - older man, demonstrating opening a small door that appears to lead to a jail cell
13:36 - VMS people walking on busy sidewalk, shops in background, cityscape behind them
16:12 - VS field of pineapple plant, CU pineapple
16:43 - man demonstrates climbing to top of a coconut tree using ropes as stirrups for his feet
18:14 - MS cock fight, man steps in and holds the winner in the air
19:20 - VS farmers plowing field, plow pulled by cows
20:41 - plane window POV clouds and blue sky, interior passengers on plane
21:22 - pier POV dolphins, sea turtles, sting ray swimming in green water below, CU lifeguard stand “theater of the sea”
23:59 - SA man holds fish from platform high in the air, dolphin jumps from water an takes the fish
24:16 - HA beach filled with people on lounge chairs with umbrellas, HA swimming pool, MLS families playing in sun
25:06 - PAN countryside vegetation, marsh, palm trees, CU grain
25:49 - PAN rural Havana dirt road in between fields, farmers on horseback, MCU palm tree, MS men walking dirt road carrying bundles of fish on hooks
26:29 - PAN mountainside, green vegetation, exotic flowers, rounded down low mountains
27:48-29:26 - LS city building with American flag, CU American flag blowing in wind, man walks towards camera balancing a large basket of flowers on his head, garden POV cityscape
01:40 - MS women sitting looking through a fence
02:02 - MS alligator with mouth open
02:07 - CU bright red/yellow exotic flower
02:19 - VS statue of deer, PAN LEFT highway
02:51 - sign “Zoologico”, LS Roman revival buildings, cars passing
03:21 - VS PANNING busy upscale dining patio, men give announcement over microphone, men hold flag “Club de Leones”
06:05 - PAN MLS beach in front of resort, MLS resort swimming pool with palm trees
06:36 - CU bright pink flowers
06:49 - MS diving board with sign “Varadero”
06:57 - VLS PAN Varedero International building
07:25 - CU bright exotic flowers
07:55 - HA cars parked, driving on street, TILT up cityscape
08:36 - HA flower stand, people walking on sidewalk, sitting on a bench
09:10 - LS Capitol Building, cityscape
09:37 - night, VS building lit with yellow lights contouring architecture
10:17 - VS people walking on sidewalks, cars parked, Asian outdoor market
11:46 - VS park with large pond and many trees and flowers, families play in the park
13:14 - older man, demonstrating opening a small door that appears to lead to a jail cell
13:36 - VMS people walking on busy sidewalk, shops in background, cityscape behind them
16:12 - VS field of pineapple plant, CU pineapple
16:43 - man demonstrates climbing to top of a coconut tree using ropes as stirrups for his feet
18:14 - MS cock fight, man steps in and holds the winner in the air
19:20 - VS farmers plowing field, plow pulled by cows
20:41 - plane window POV clouds and blue sky, interior passengers on plane
21:22 - pier POV dolphins, sea turtles, sting ray swimming in green water below, CU lifeguard stand “theater of the sea”
23:59 - SA man holds fish from platform high in the air, dolphin jumps from water an takes the fish
24:16 - HA beach filled with people on lounge chairs with umbrellas, HA swimming pool, MLS families playing in sun
25:06 - PAN countryside vegetation, marsh, palm trees, CU grain
25:49 - PAN rural Havana dirt road in between fields, farmers on horseback, MCU palm tree, MS men walking dirt road carrying bundles of fish on hooks
26:29 - PAN mountainside, green vegetation, exotic flowers, rounded down low mountains
27:48-29:26 - LS city building with American flag, CU American flag blowing in wind, man walks towards camera balancing a large basket of flowers on his head, garden POV cityscape
Run Time
29 min 26 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
662 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Genre
Form
Subject
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Diller, Ed (is filmmaker)
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