| Mini Amusement Park on Malecon | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2480 |
| Catalog #: | 460545 | |
| Clip Number: | 460545-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | Cuba 34 | |
| Timecode: | 00:27:19 - 00:31:10 | |
| Location: | Havana, Cuba | |
| Year Shot: | 1996 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Playing LOCATIONS/CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Havana RECREATION: Amusement Parks / Carnival | |
| Description: | WLS of a small amusement park on a late afternoon as cars pass by in FG. TLS of amusement park as kids and parents ride horses and a mini-ferris wheel, play games, etc. MSs customer & employees. Good MS of a cute boy wearing a baseball hat riding a horse (pony) with the assistance of a a young male employee. Wide MS of two white boys riding a pony, an old pastel green American car in BG. MSs of children riding several amusements rides; the kids look bored and genuinely disinterested (can't blame 'em, the rides are bare-bones basic and involve no child-like ingenuity). MS of brightly colored choo-choo train carting several kids around the park (nice shot). TLS of the Spanish fort El Morro (in BG) as a small roller coaster passes by in FG; cut to a tighter shot of the same. MS of a man riding a carriage-bicycle, passing the camera with an OK sign over his eye (mimicking the camera) and a broad smile. Good MS of a pony pulling a low-riding cart of children towards the camera; cut to MS of same, this time brighter exposure and moving from the camera, a rusty old freighter docked in a causeway in BG; cut to another MS of the pony and cartkids coming at the camera (nice shot). MSs of the roller coaster passing the camera quickly (happy kids!).TLS/MSs of a six car ferris wheel in action. | |
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