| Cohiba Hotel | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2462 |
| Catalog #: | 460501 | |
| Clip Number: | 460501-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | Cuba 16 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Havana, Cuba | |
| Year Shot: | 1996 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Hotels, Motels & Inns | |
| Description: | Int Melia Cohiba Hotel (), Lobby: (), Fountain ()Store (), Cigar (), Escellator (), buffet - lots of food (13:13), cash register - lots of US currency (15:37) 16:10:12:- tight LS inside the Cohiba Hotel: front desk being run by two young ladies while a waiting customer smokes a fat Cuban cigar on screen R. Panning tight LS of the main lobby: fairly extravagant hotel, akin to a Hilton. MS of an older gentleman reading a book in the lobby, a small fountain in the BG. CU of the fountain's spigots, then tight LS of the fountain from a small oasis. 16:11:39:- Tight LS's of the hotel's specialty gift store, filled with handmade knickknacks. Tight LS of a young woman going up an escalator; still inside the hotel; she then rides the escalator down, smiling the whole do-da-day. Cut to tight LS of the lobby again as the camera goes up the escalator, riding it to the second floor. 16:13:12:- tight LS of ornate buffet tables set up on second floor of hotel. MS of female employee stirring sauces at the buffet table. Cut to panning MS of the food (yummy!), then to a great MS of another female employee standing and waiting for something or someone, surrounded by food. MS of a young waiter talking (more like being talked to) by a table of three smoking male adults. MS of the cashier, a waiter and an assistant talking at the register. MS of the cashier ringing in a sale; CU of the electronic readout. Cut to CU of the cashier opening the till and counting the money, twenties first, all US currency. | |
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