Jamaica, 1930s
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- Home movies taken in Jamaica in the 1930s. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
I am grateful for this video which allows us to see what life was like in Jamaica back then.
Same!
For real my grandma was born in 1935 can believe what life was like
This is after the fires, jamaica was popping before mid 1800s
My parents were born towards the end of the 1930s in Jamaica so it's amazing to see Jamaica in that era.
I can see that what we now call downtown was uptown back in the days.
Still the most Coveted, destination on planet earth, I found this out in 1977, and I cannot vacation anywhere else, I am sorry.
Kingston sure looked a lot cleaner and safer in those days compared to now.
It was basically run by organized criminals from the US.
The evil sown did not come to full harvest as yet; like people imprisoned for speaking about the criminal injustices under British rule. I think it was called " the act of sedition"; which was a good example of Fascism. And the same as today; witness a one being pulled from under his bed by a so called security thug with a machine gun or a nursing mother being pepper sprayed in a public taxi and no one charged for the offence; not to speak of the total disregard for Rasis Nzinga's and other Rases' Human Rights by the insecurity forces during the COVID. Scam. Do we pay taxes to be imposed upon with injustice by our employees, the Public Servants? It is said the more things change, is the more it remains the same. Hence, the mentality has to change to have permanent and meaningful change. Good day.
my beautiful jamaica -- love always -- thanks for uploading this short clip !!!!!!!
My Jamaican grandparents, Clifton Hurlock and Isolen Hurlock (Erskine) were both in their 20s when this footage was filmed!
I am sure 1 decendant here...Rgds
“The two hours for lunch club” What an ignorant remark. If the leisure club expended even half the energy by that time of day; in the tropical heat; they’d be dead.
Beautiful Jamaica
Beautiful Antique Video of such beautiful island in the sun, I am very grateful for this video, thanks for sharing.
My maternal grandparents were born in 1931 & 1932 respectively. Kinda cool seeing some of the things they talked about 🙌
My father was born in 1930's Jamaica. My Mother in 1940's Jamaica. I was born in 1960's England. Our children were born in late 1990's and 2000's in The Netherlands / Holland. So my side of family has gone from Jamaica to England to The Netherlands in 3 generations. Still, its nice to see pictures of the environment my parents lived in. And guess what? A yard, we still chat Patois.
Left in 1971, age of 11, an'miih'still'chat'it'tuh. Nah'let'it'guh'a'tall'culcha'strang'. Bless up. ❤💚💛❤💛💚👍👍🌴🌴🌴🌞🌞🌞
Haitians do not like Jamaicans or Americans but they run over to their countries because haiti is a shit hole not suitable for living.
Very good video. Thank for sharing and saving the past for the future generation to have interest.
I remember a rural Jamaica where up to 1979 one was able to leave one's windows and doors open at nights. Except for Kingston, one could get lost at any part of the island without fear of being in the wrong place.
Then there was the matter of guns in Kingston, how did poor people who could hardly afford anything, afford expensive assault rifles? Drug pushing came about after the late 1980's, long after serious gun violence began to rule Kingston. Obviously they were being given the guns.
Nah, the Spanish Americans got Jamaica involved in the drug trade.
Harder the come, give you a insight into Kingston Jamaica during 1960s. Drug related crime began then.
Friends of mine who grew up in Jamaica in the 1970s tell me Americans ( CIA) were handing out guns in the streets to destabilise Jamaica because the left had a good chance of winning the election .
@@paulbucklebuckle4921
It seems there's a lot of agreement that the CIA saw the PNP back then as a communist threat, ignoring the fact that there was already a communist party, known as the now defunct WPJ. The other party took advantage of hysteria and fear, by using this perceived threat as their main platform to win an election.
@@Rockjamify- It’s documented. A CIA senior member has admitted this on the record. It can be researched very easily for confirmation. ✨
'To the conquerors the spoils.'
Very important testament to the history of Jamaica and the great disparities between its people.
Oooooooh 🥰🥰 it's such a beauty to watch , so much memories , and see how that young man actually ran up that tall coconut tree , and how they husk the coconut on the stone , people were more slimmer , healthy and stronger in those days , because it was more manual labor , Beautiful , God bless Jamaica land we love 👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️
Some of those buildings on King Street are still standing, not in such great shape, a shame. I remember walking on the covered sidewalks on King Street as a child in the 60's and the cream colored buildings @8:25. The memories. Before she married, my mom worked at Issa's on King Street, seen early on the tour of King Street. Thanks for posting this.
Unlike some who think Jamaica was better-off before independence, there are a lot of similarities, then and now. Except in terms of demographic shifts, and changes in crime patterns, etc.
Jamaica today has: more, and bigger banks, more hotels (some locally owned), financial companies all over, higher literacy, more widespread rural electrification, more households with indoor plumbing, more miles of paved road surfaces, etc.
Prime Ministers that reflect origins from diverse walks of life in
Back in the day had to work very hard compared to now , the literacy rate is better
seems like things and times were better off to me. a more peaceful time in jamaica
Did you look carefully to see that NOT ONE Black person was relaxing but always worki ng. I say this without any racist intent but those were times when the rich relied on old money to spend a lot of their time vacationing and galavanting. This is the Feudal mindset, enjoying life at the expense of the poor laborer and included in that, is wealth handed down from Slavery.
Today if someone walked around and there are vacationers, there would be a mix of different ethnicities, a more fair life.
He is of a generation who aspired to be like white society in JA. He never knew why blacks were worst off or he just don't give a damn.
Spot the NAZI flag at 9:29
Yes I noticed the Nazi flag as well. Then I realized it was the 1930's... At that time no one had any problem with them. Probably whoever those Nazis that was there was visiting the many Jamaican-Germans that lived there at the time. "Germaicans" as they are called by some.
Ohh wow I bet you would have enjoyed segregation and mistreatment
for you to say this sounds so ignorant. a video shot in the 1930s is going to reflect jamaica as it is today? WOW! I am not jamaican but I find the video a delight.
Wonderful video of a wonderful world.
The fact remains that from the 1930's till 1962 when Britain gave Jamaica independence, there was little change, and Jamaica remained severely impoverished. As the film depicts, very few blacks can be seen in coastal urban settings, and this pattern only began to change in the 1970's. The apartheid experience of Africa was similar for Jamaica, though not as extreme, thus development was limited for people of color, so it was unlikely that positive change would be easy to come by.
Lol I like seeing black wash people cry and moan when they slowly realize it wasn't as bad as it projects
The Jamaican political conflict kept the country from flourishing. Jamaicans infected with the ideas of marxism combined with the black power movement wrecked the society. They never wanted it to succeed, because they want a reason to have their revolution.
@vandella223 Most Haitians are from Benin (Dahomey) where as most Jamaicans are Ashanti,Fanti.Twi. Coromantee (Ghana), Even within Nigeria, Igbo,Yuroba,Hausa and Fulani are different and they share the same country. It's like saying French and Italians are the same, because they both happen to be European, which they are not.
Most Haitian is Dominican
6:14, I seem to get the impression that the down-town streets of Jamaica were a lot more ordered and better presented back in those days than they are today (but when I think about it old U.K. footage of London has similar apparent order; fewer vehicles, less congestion). There are certainly indicators of colonial oplulence.
I notice comments on the swastika. Those that regard it negatively need to research its history (it long pre-dates the 1930's). Arianism is another thing that was hijacked and warped by Nazis; again if you don't know research it's Persian (Aria)/Iranian roots. Historically those that aim to conquer will pillage in the process and claim things as their own. The Nazis were notorious for such acts (stealing precious property, stealing research knowledge, destroying connections, distorting facts..).!
07:15 that is the tram car that lik down Mr. Belamy- had to walk with a stick all the time, and never ceased from telling the story
I find it cool that someone got video footage of places like here so long ago. Youse on here want to just argue about how things went w/o thinking of how amazing it is that we can even see footage like this from that timeframe. we know people did wrong back then & plenty do wrong these days too that likely won't fully be discovered the magnitude of it for a long time, like what is causing climate change. I wonder how rare these recordings on this channel & other similar channels are. Question: Why does the timecode 'TCR' have a time that is so high? 12 hours? Is the original tape that long? What is the reference point in the TCR?
9:29 A launch leaving the docks bearing a Nazi German Flag. Keep in mind this was before the war and could have simply been a launch for a cruise ship. Still very interesting to see this on video.
At that time it was simply the German flag. It was not viewed any differently.
I think Obama should do us all a gigantic favour and release classified CIA documents detailing how guns were transported to Jamaica and which politicians living or deceased are implicated.
A dasso nice peace an harmony love an respect jah know me wish we still live life dat.
I didn't born yet in these days I'm from the 1971 nice video guys loving it
Tim read what u write before u press send is English you first language?
Great
After the WW1 before WW2 Jamaica still a British colony . Yes we at least have a rich history. This film is like a time machine, Oh Jamaica, land we love, the jewel of the Caribbean.
If for so many years after independence things are the way they are, there is no hope until the mindset changes. How likely is that in the next 50 years?
But it's always somebody else's fault
When Jamaica was civilized
well said
I like the way people used to dress. Our clothes seem so to be of less quality now.
And less clothing too
Disposable fashion wrecking our pockets n planet .
The book called, "The Destruction Of The Black Civilization, by Chancy Williams", explains it all.
good comment. I think xaymaicana completely misunderstood the different concepts between ethnic heritage , regional different and most importantly languages.
pure duppy!!!
Deutsche Kreigsmarine launch at 9:31... freaked me out. You know there had to be espionage going on... I can see the begins of the Graham Green novel.
Are you sure it was not just from a German Cruise Liner? Though you may be right as I dont know why they would fly that particular flag.
We need to utalize the Caribbean with yacht, fisheries and boats. There are eight thousand islands in the Caribbean Sea. It is the frontier of our vast wealth to be sustained, maintained and not to be polluted nor destroyed.
These were the days
Jamaica 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇯🇲
Everyone was well dress. Respect
to god be the glory
The world.
Good
what trees are those
I appreciate the footage but, I find no pleasure in seeing my ancestors in servitude.
Servitude? What's the difference now?
Is all about how much Money u get daily and what u own
There will always be servant's
we still are still in servitude until our King Christ returns.
@Afri Media they did not have any shoes but there was no crime know they have shoes but they cannot walk from dust till dawn without fear smh
"Gem of the Antilles" .....
what would make u think that cnt u identify any of the buildings or streets ? weh diss deh den ?
re-establish? ...was it established in the first place?
WOW! Jamaica looks so nice and clean and orderly. The country looks booming and happy. What a pleasure to see Jamaica with out all the butus all over the street. Being a British Colony was not a bad thing at all!
My Grandparents was born in the mid 30s and my Great Grandparents 10s
I love the Jamaican ladies in their beautiful dresses, so feminine.
She a smoke her tami.lol.nice vedio.thank you.
I totally agree, the gun situation was created during the Michael Manley era when he decided to embrace a more socialist political adventure and was openly
flirting with Fidel Castro, whom we all know is America's longest enemy in the region. So the CIA decided to teach Jamaica and other central American countries a lesson.
Dem still under a spell hopefully they see now is an opportunity to... dare I say REBEL!!! Ahhh any way you take it the island is not belonging to the inhabitants, they are mere pawns in this game of chess.
When women dressed as ladies
Yes indeed!!
I knew it had to have been a white woman filming. "The 2 hour lunch break club" nothing but black women sleeping and sitting around gossiping. "The light work for .20 cents per day" a black woman breaking down rockstone or just smoking. The black man climbing coconut trees, picking and shelling them might be included. To this day, this stereotype still follow Jamaicans which is why they tend to work many jobs and work very hard to prove people wrong.
Jay Kaye That's he problem - Prove to who - the white people! When black people start learning that we don't have to prove anything to them that's when we can be truly free.
+PLEASANTGIFFT true dat
PLEASANTGIFFT true
+Jay Kaye just another one of the slavemaster's reverse psychology tricks
+PLEASANTGIFFT... Exactly
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she is smoking a SPLIFF at 4:20 !!
I see the Count and Mrs Dracula in this video and in another one about Trinidad....lol!!!!
This is the year my dad was born just imagine what his dad lived through as a black man? Wow!!! Goodness sake 🇯🇲 land we love
@venessa32 jamaicans and haitians are somewhat the same we have been together throughout history along with cuba, we cannot have a certain look because we are all mixed of different ancestry. there are tons of people of jamaican/haitian decent both in jamaica and in haiti.
Jamaica and Haiti wasn't the same Haiti and Dominican Republic was the same they were one country
the people look like they are doing well..everyone in suits and dresses..dressing like the English..
My dad was born 1933
Jamaica is not part of the Antilles, and in fact, it is quite far from the Antilles. It is in a completely different region from the Caribbean and the Bahamas.
😂😂
So these American tourists go by steam boat to the port of Kingston, a drive uphill in to the interior, Hope Gardens, a beach lined with palm trees, The Rodney Memorial in Spanish Town, a sit down farmer market, Kings Street in Kingston, see the Queen Victoria statue in the Victoria park (now called Saint William Grant Park). These trams no longer exists, not in the video were trains that also no longer exist. (Some farmer market traders living on) '...20 cents a day' is shocking, they should of got given welfare and a labour exchange.
The Bahamian archipelago is also on the door step of the world's largest tourism market, and can afford to depend on this otherwise fragile industry. Islands as: the Caymans; Bermuda; and the Turks and Caicos, are mainly off-shore banking centres that shuffle financial papers around, not very sturdy economies. It seems Jamaica is being punished for having a majority of blacks who dare to assert any form of equality, thus scaring off the potential investor. After all, violence there is recent.
Any time blacks want to assert themselves they get beat down. Same happened to Haiti - who was completely frozen out of world trade by France and the U.S.
Bullshit. Rwanda and Botswana have booming economies and are doing fine.
Couldn't you narrate the film?
All those islands mentioned had few blacks, if any, living on them from the start. A better example would be the Bahamas, and Barbados, but those are independent islands that were poor at independence. The Bahamas is an island chain, so the black populace isn't dominant on all the islands, and black Bajans live in relatively poor conditions, usually in remote parts of the island, not much differently from pre-70's Jamaica.
and then at 7:50 are they kites, street wires, UFOs?
Back in those days every body head is covered from a child up
Can someone please tell me that in still frame or moving we all see natural distortion in this video but look really really close at 7:10 to maybe 7:13 what the hell is in the sky may be 5 or so one shot in the direction of 11:00 or so then faded out feedback please. 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👍
I seen that also
one looks like a plane
but right at 7:11 one of the objects jets off at phenomenal speed
yow come of a dis with your Haitians comment..this is about Jamaica go find a video of Haiti and comment on it. I am tired of it now man every video I go on about Jamaica I see hatians commenting about Haiti, its about time it stop now.
Why should they stop? You are not Jamaican just as they are not Haitian. Stop arguing about your own brothers and sisters.
Is that a Publix Supermarket on King Street at th-cam.com/video/WvE_KGe4hoE/w-d-xo.html ?
A precious time, but at the same time, a disgusting time.
When people dresses modest wearing clothes on the road, had morals and values! Today's people are going backward with behavior.
Xamaica
@Buzz Banna The truth is now coming to light...I recently learned this
The two hour a lunch club? really? hm..........
@mshappyface111 hello its d 1930s british was in control!
There probably in German town
The British need to reestablish safety in Jamaica!
Cum Bucket 🤣"......I’m only laughing cos the brits couldn’t give a damn about Jamaica sadly......they even wanna send Jamaicans, and other West Indians that live in the UK, back.
Downtown Kingston? King Street? Where are the higglers? Where is the trash on the road?
i know i saw a German Notsi Flag at 9:37 well i guess it was not so uncommon or demonized yet ... a few years later thow that would have been a no no
Billy Khan Yes you did
well there you goo ... i saw another documentary on German immigrants so much so you have a town in Jamaica called German town
Billy Khan They came to Jamaica before there was a country called Germany. They came as indentured servants in 1850's - 60's. My great great Grandfather , plus his four brothers one sister. were of that community and settled in fairy Hill district Portland JA. The family still lives in the ginger bread house he built. My Great great Grandmother was of African and East Indian descent whom he married, my Grand mothers parents. Family name Mueller/Miller.
This is why our moto is "out of many one people" my mom grandma mother was a white lady her family migrate there I was not told why? And my mom dad was a white man of Jewish descents from England whose father went to Jamaica to build train tracks. Their family name is Bernard
interesting
Jamaica in the 1930s was not called Jamaica it had another name
At 6:40, are those White Jamaicans?
There are no white Jamaicans, son. Not as far as I'm concerned, anyway.
@@nairdacharles9492 Um, actually there are, wtf are you talking about? Have you ever heard of Seaford Town before?
@@gatheringleaves I was being deliberately racist and sarcastic to make a point. My grandfather was white and lived in St. Mary.
@@nairdacharles9492 Why would you be racist against your own blood? I have white grandparents as well and very proud of my culture.
@@clovemartin Haven't you been paying attention to the world recently? Racism is all the rage now. Get with the program, son. Seriously though, I just want us to win, and I want us to do it by our own steam.
Your ignorant. Dominican Republic and Haiti share the same island of Hispaniola, they're one.
German Nazi Swastika flag on the boat at 9:33 ?
Yes, yes it was. It shocked me too, had to rewind twice in disbelief.
Very quick observation
It was nazi Germany declared war on Europe. Remember they sponsored the Olympic
Sure looks like it.
This was before the war and the nastiness. Lol.
Have to disagree with you. Look to our neighbors i.e Caymans, Bermuda, Turks. The Caymans and Turks were dependencies of Jamaica up to 1962. You think few blacks were in urban settings in Jamaica ... well few of anybody were in such settings on those neighboring islands but under British protection what are they now? Jamaicans plea for visas to go to those same islands today! Jamaica was primarily agri-based in the 1930's but that was to change and under the Brits would have been best
If Jamaica stayed a British Colony then there would be welfare and free movement, it would be a part of Britain. I reckon plenty of British people would live in Jamaica and plenty of Jamaican people live in Britain.
More banks , eletricity, etc. would have come about and probably bigger and better with development anyway. Loas Angeles is not what it used to be in the 1930's, and neither is Dallas. Same with Kingston, the things you mention come about naturally with technology and international economic gentrification. Under the British those things would have been bigger and better since, crime and slackness which has been allowed to take-over the country would not have been tolerated.
Did anyone see the Nazi flag?
I am Jamaican and if you know Jamaica history you would know that Jamaican and Haitian are one. SMH
Nobody no see the Nazi flag
Those are Nazis! Note swastika flag on launch @ 12 23 27 14
Tourist having fun visiting Jamaica... oooh wait, What was that? A Nazi flag 9:29!
+Vade Barnett , yes, it was :o
hey that was a Nazi flag :0
Before they invaded in other countries and started exterminating the Jews - the Nazis were actually pretty popular. The British even copied some of their social policies - like in healthcare. It's amazing how fast things can turn.
All dis show say a white ppl alone dida njoy Jamaica black inna d field till dis day....sad😒😒
"Beautiful Jamaica"..ha..that's not what I see.
What do you see?
As a Jamaican living in America looking at this I can say when white people ran the country it was much cleaner…Kingston is a dump now…why do Jamaicans celebrate independence and has not gotten better since it’s independence ???
Unlike some who think Jamaica was better-off before independence, there are a lot of similarities, then and now. Except in terms of demographic shifts, and changes in crime patterns, etc.
Jamaica today has: more, and bigger banks, more hotels (some locally owned), financial companies all over, higher literacy, more widespread rural electrification, more households with indoor plumbing, more miles of paved road surfaces, etc.
Prime Ministers that reflect origins from diverse walks of life in