This is the first part of a four-piece amateur travelogue film by the skilled amateur filmmaker Norman Schley from Wisconsin. Viewers are guided on a tour through some of the islands in the West indies as well as the French quarter of New Orleans. This segment begins in Montego Bay (:20) with a wide span of a golf course (:39). The Diamond Center offers accessories such as pearls and Buler watches (1:01) to the traveling pedestrian. After shopping, tourists enjoy sunbathing (1:22). Back in the downtown area, the Bank of Nova Scotia is spotted (2:28) as well as Barclay’s Bank (2:28). Tourists head to Sam Sharpe Square and peer at the center piece fountain (2:39). The film welcomes viewers to Ocho Rios (2:46). An advertisement for BWIA appears along the roadway (2:50). The vacationers take up lodging at the Plantation Inn; known today as the Sandals Royal Plantation Inn (2:52). Night rolls in at the resort (3:07) as a traditional Jamaican band plays for guests (3:07). A fire dance erupts on the floor (3:17). The film catches a view from the boat looking back towards a diminishing coast as tourists enjoy a motorized boat ride (4:33). A male tourist prepares himself for a snorkeling adventure (4:44). Footage shows the ocean floor as the man dives (5:00). A picturesque shot of the sunset (5:26) transitions the film to Nassau (5:37). A wing from a Pan Am passenger plane is captured through a passenger’s window in flight (5:42). The SS Yarmouth Castle sits docked in harbor (5:59) which sets this film back prior to 1965 as the steamship had been destroyed in a fire in that year. This accident later prompted new laws regarding safety at sea. The Nassau Harbor Lighthouse rises on the end of a small peninsula (6:04). Vacationers enjoy sunbathing along a narrow stretch of beach (6:15). A horse and buggy deliver tourists into the downtown area (6:23) and Parliament Square. A traffic cop guides cyclists (6:38). The Royal Bank of Canada appears at (7:13) as well as the Prince George Hotel (7:40) constructed in 1936. Jamaicans sell goods at an open-air market (8:01). Members of the Bahamas Branch British Red Cross Society sell raffle tickets to pedestrians (9:04). The stand for the American Women’s Club Raffle in Aide of the Red Cross follows (10:39). Other fair-goers enjoy a game of toss the ring for prizes (10:51). Vacationers take to a catamaran called the Tropic Bird for sight seeing and water play (11:30). The oldest church in the colony is the St. Matthews Church (12:05) and it’s cemetery is zoomed in on (12:11). Sir Henry Oakes statue appears (12:29). Oakes was an American born gold mine owner that moved to the Bahamas in the 1930’s. Blue Vista Luxury Apartments follow under construction (12:43) on Cable Beach (12:51). The film takes a brief tour at more rural areas (14:57) and heads to another resort on the island of Nassau (15:10). A cannon peaks over the decrepit walls of Fort Montague (15:56). This fort was constructed by Peter Henry Bruce in 1741. The Fort Montague Beach Hotel follows (16:26). A Jamaican band entertains guests (18:26). Tourists enjoy refreshments pool side (19:33) as one guest shows off her sketch book (20:40). Two women enjoy a game of shuffleboard (20:49). Some of the decadent meals enjoyed during the festivities are zoomed in on (21:47). The film wraps up with sped up footage of a sunset (23:01) as well as young boys attempting to climb Fort Montague’s walls (23:27). To continue to the fourth and final segment:  https://youtu.be/DXNzIjE5g1w