- Title: VM-578A
- Summary: WHOSE PARADISE?: TOBAGO. REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE FLORA, 1963. TOWN MEETINGS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER TRAVELING FROM TOWN TO TOWN HELPING TOWNS TO ORGANIZE EFFORTS. PRIME MINISTER VISITING BLACK ROCK TOWN. NATURAL DISASTERS. HURRICANE FOOTAGE AND AFTERMATH. MINISTRY FOR TOBAGO AFFAIRS BUILDING, WHITE HALL.
- Description:00:01:31 - POV IN PASSENGER SEAT DRIVING ON BUMPY ROAD, TOBAGO 00:02:15 - SCENIC NATURE SCENES, TOBAGO, SMALL OCEAN WAVES, BODY SURFER. HS HOUSES, BUILDINGS ON THE BEACH, MAN RIDING DONKEY ON DIRT ROAD, SIGN FOR MAIN STREET, PEDESTRIANS, CARS, FATHER & THREE SONS ON OUTBOARD MOTORBOAT. POLICEMAN 00:03:13 - FARMER CUTTING CORN STALKS, HUSKS EAR OF CORN CHECKING CROPS 00:03:26 - TOWN MEETING ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY CENTER ORGANIZER / COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER DELEGATING DUTIES TO HELPERS, BUILDERS. MACDONALD DASS ?SP 00:04:20 - POV DRIVING WITH DASS THROUGH TOBAGO 00:04:59 - TOBAGONIANS EXPLAINING TO ANOTHER WOMAN WHAT THE TREASURER'S DUTIES ARE. TREASURER COLLECTING FUNDS, MONEY. CARRYING PURSE FULL OF MONEY. DASS TELLS HER TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY IN BANK 00:07:12 - DASS MEETING WITH TOBAGONIANS, HELPING TO ORGANIZE BUILDING, FUNDS DRIVES, ETC.. 00:09:33 - MONTAGE DASS LEADING COMMUNITY VILLAGE MEETINGS HELPING TO ORGANIZE MEMBERS TO HELP THEMSELVES 00:14:26 - POV DRIVING ON ROAD IN TOBAGO, GOING DOWN MOUNTAIN 00:14:47 - CU OPENING A MIDWIFE KIT, SUPPLIES TO DELIVER BABY 00:15:36 - POV ON STORMY SEA, RAGING WINDS, HURRICANE NATURAL DISASTERS. 00:15:53 - POV IN HOUSE WITH NO ROOF. POV WALKING THROUGH DOWNED COCOANUT TREES FOREST 00:16:06 - HURRICANE AFTERMATH, TOBAGO. DOWNED COCONUT TREES, LIVESTOCK EATING FROM TREES. CU CROOKED SIGN READING: "THE COMING OF THE LORD DRAWETH NIGH THEREFORE BE READY" 00:16:48 - HURRICANE SURVIVOR GIVES HIS ACCOUNT 00:17:11 - CU MAN CUTTING FISH UP TO FEED CHILDREN. GIVES NAKED SON FISH TAIL, BOY RUNS AWAY 00:17:40 - DASS HELPING VILLAGE TO CREATE VILLAGE COUNCIL 00:19:18 - TOBAGO'S WHITE HALL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN SCARBOROUGH. CU SIGN READING: "GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MINISTRY FOR TOBAGO AFFAIRS" 00:19:24 - HURRICANE FLORA VICTIMS LINED UP FOR AID, RECEIVING SUPPLIES, FOOD, TENTS, TEMPORARY SHELTER. UN PLANNERS ON SITE TO HELP TOBAGONIANS 00:19:56 - MS UN PLANNING TEAM MEMBER, DENNIS ROBINSON SPEAKING 00:20:26 - LS PAN HOUSES, MS FARMER CUTTING CROPS 00:20:52 - IDLE MEN PLAYING CARDS, BETTING GAMBLING 00:21:27 - TOBAGONIANS REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE. BLACK ROCK. 00:22:37 - POV DRIVING BEHIND TRUCK FILLED WITH SACKS, MEN RIDING ON TOP OF SACKS 00:23:24 - DASS HELPING ORGANIZE TOBAGONIANS IN REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE 00:24:21 - MS MAN PUTTING IN GLASS SLATS IN WINDOW, WOMAN MOPPING FLOORS, PEOPLE CHIPPING IN TO FIX UP BUILDING. PAINTING. ETC.. 00:25:23 - MS MACDONALD DASS & WIFE JOINING TOWNSPEOPLE HAVING A PARTY. STEEL DRUM BAND. CALYPSO MUSIC. PEOPLE DANCING 00:26:04 - ARRIVAL OF PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO TOWN. DR. ERIC WILLIAMS. TOWNSPEOPLE PUT ON CEREMONY FOR PRIME MINISTER. 00:26:57 - PRIME MINISTER GIVING SPEECH, ON BLACK ROCK COMMUNITY'S REBUILDING EFFORTS. MS PEOPLE LOOKING IN WINDOWS WHERE PM IS SPEAKING 00:27:39 - MS BLACK ROCK TOWNSPEOPLE APPLAUDING PRIME MINISTER 00:27:46 - MACDONALD DASS SPEAKING, WIPING SWEAT FROM HIS NECK & BROW 00:28:43 - POV DRIVING ON TOBAGO ROAD
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-578A