“ JAMAICA ” 1974 TOURISM FILM w/ RAGGAE LEGEND BYRON LEE PORT ROYAL SCUBA DIVING 51304

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1974 color film from Global Communications Limited offers a loose travelogue look at Jamaica’s offerings for a burgeoning tourist industry, including beachgoing, scuba diving, dining, resort hotels, and a flaming limbo dance. Ska/Calypso/Reggae legend Byron Lee of the Dragonaires appears in interview footage and lends music to the soundtrack (TRT: 22:33). Opening tile, “Jamaica” over a river. Water rushing over a rocky hillside. Narration: “This is Jamaica” (0:07). A montage of beaches and women sunbathers in bathing suits. Reggae music plays over a woman dancing, a water skier, a woman shopping for hats at a market, a man using a machete to cut a tree, golf, a sign for “Swamp Safaris” and an alligator (0:37). Interviews in montage. A woman models a colorful dress. Urban hotels. A cow. Beachgoers (2:21). A panorama from a scen