1950’S TRAVELOGUE FOOTAGE IN PANAMA, ARGENTINA, PERU AND MANAUS, BRAZIL 52014

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Shot by an unknown American tourist, this film shows a voyage aboard the SS Hibeuras to Central and South America. It dates to the 1950s. 00:08 Montage: aboard the banana boat type ocean liner S.S. Hibeuras, which carries cargo as well as passengers. Lifeboat drill including firing of a flare. Passengers are Americans in casual/beachwear. The ship approaches port. 02:55 Passengers exit S.S. Hibueras. 03:15 Montage: Ship entering the Panama Canal. Canal opens and ship enters. 05:39 Exterior of Carondelet Palace in Plaza Grande (Independence Square). 05:44 Montage of pedestrians and streets in Quito, Ecuador. 07:11 Quito skyline. 07:33 A couple sits atop the Monument to the Equator in The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo. 08:06 Plane shots of mountains. 08:36 Snowy peaked mountains. 09:00 Farmer with two llamas eating from brush. 09:17Landsc