Little World Fair Haiti (1949)

Unissued / Unused material. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. LS Cardinal Argeaga y Betancourt of Cuba and other church officials around altar. MS representatives of the Diplomatic Corps listening. MS President Estime of Haiti walking forward to cut ribbon across the new Harry S. Truman boulevard. CU President Estime’s hands cutting ribbon, pan up to his face. MS B-29’s of the US army flying overhead in salute. MS President Estime and wife on reviewing stand, Haitian troops march past. LS people walking down Harry S. Truman boulevard. CU poster fixed to palm tree ’Exposition Internationale’. MS archway called the ’Round Point of Liberty’, pan to people walking past. LS Venezuela Pavilion. LS an exhibition building with modern statue in foreground. MS modern statues in pond. Various shots through palm trees of exhibition site. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.