Barbados (1960s)

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Published 2022-04-06
A Barbados Tourist Board film about Barbados in the 1960s. 1960s, Caribbean, Barbados, West Indies, Lesser Antilles, promotional films, air travel, tourism, tourists, leisure, outdoor recreational activities, Trans-Canada Air Lines airplane flying over Barbados, female passenger looking at flight route, map zooming in on Barbados, passengers looking out airplane window, aerial agricultural fields, coastline, mountains, plane landing, passengers deplaning and being greeted by acquaintances at gate, “lookout man” looking through telescope at liners, liner passengers disembarking at Deep Water Harbour, port of Bridgetown, steel pan band playing for arriving visitors, steel drums, visitors arriving at hotel, luxury club overlooking ocean, beachside hotels, boys playing in surf, water polo, water skiing, visitors relaxing on beach in lounge chairs and being served drinks, snorkeling, children chewing raw sugarcane, sugar plantation workers at work in sugarcane field, beach cricket, cricket being played on dirt road, cricketers dressed in whites playing cricket on field, kite flying, Tent Bay, fishing fleet returning to land, man wading through water as sun sets, people sitting under beach umbrella at sunset, hotel nightlife, visitors being served meat directly from grill, visitors watching and applauding female traditional Caribbean dancer accompanied by steel pan band, steel drums, limbo dancers, Bridgetown, Trafalgar Square, Lord Nelson Statue, fish fleet heading out from Tent Bay at dawn, Barbados police patrol, sugar plantation, sugar mill, man watering plants in garden, modern machinery being used at mill, sugar being transported dockside and onto freighter at Deep Water Harbour, harbor police wearing uniforms descended from Lord Nelson’s day, Bridgetown, street scenes, street barber, children dressed in school uniforms walking down street, Rediffusion radio building, woman placing telephone poolside, modern architecture and telecommunications technology, nurses walking outside general hospital, government headquarters, Harrison College, students singing “God Save the Queen,” stained glass windows, local boarding schools, Queen’s College, girls playing field hockey, Bridgetown, Trafalgar Square, street scenes, women carrying items in baskets, trays and suitcases on their heads, Fairchild Street Market, street coconut vendor serving fresh coconut water, Deep Water Harbour, Barbados Development Board, Grazettes Industrial Trading Estate, furniture factory, factories, male and female workers, boat building, cottage industries, various industries, manufacturing, Chalky Mount, pottery studio with potter’s wheel, tourists shopping for pottery, Bridgetown, shops on main street, tourist family enjoying outdoor buffet with local cuisine, tourists visiting Morgan Lewis Windmill, Codrington College, St. John's Parish Church, wedding, tourists looking at monkey in tree, cruise boat coastline tour, Christ Church, tourists and locals on beach and in water, tourists having drinks near beach, fishing charter, golf

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All Comments (21)
  • @pushing2throttles
    It's like the 60's were just oblivious to themselves. I went to Barbados in 93 and wow, what a gorgeous paradise. Definitely has changed a ton
  • @richardgamble4147
    This video is beautiful. The quality of the camera and the idea to show so much is indeed beautiful. Thanks for showing this video
  • @richardfoster1409
    A lot of my good friends especially John Hamilton. My wife worked as his secretary for a number of years. Then there was Willie Alleyne our famous photographer and Peter Morgan as Minister of Tourism and owner of the St Lawrence hotel. These were great times.
  • @kariholder-lynch8426
    Wow, this small film, made me feel so special to be a Barbadian. Man, this little has changed sooooo much. Still there is nothing or nowhere like my island in the Sun.
  • @Trinavara
    Great video ! Plenty Trini-ness too. 👍🏻 ..What ever would we do without each other !! 🇧🇧 🇹🇹
  • @CreoleBGI
    This should be mandatory viewing for all Barbadians under the age of 70. ALL.
  • @richardfoster1409
    I see a lot of my friends playing cricket at Wanderers Cricket grounds where I played cricket and football. David Allen. Prof Edwards bowling and Ian Dowding batting bring back wonderful memories.
  • @hbena3747
    Oooh thanks for this, the old airport! And a look back.
  • @sarahgordino6695
    Wow. Amazing how much has changed. Don’t even recognize the island in this video. 😅
  • @Princess1032
    I saw the Cranes, Foul Bay and the Old Sam Lords Castle.
  • @thatssomething1
    Lived in Barbados in the mid 80s..what a time 😌...btw what place is that at 27:50 where the people are staying? Anyone know? Cheer
  • @deirdreyearwood3383
    I am of Bajan descent and have lived there is well. Thank God it has changed, this is so white washed, but I am guessing that this was catering to a specific tourist market.
  • @cuttieboo2609
    Lol this looks so weird , the only place that i was able to still make out was the garrison , certain parts of town looks about the same 😂😂 I must say this is the most white people I have seen in bim , the old days were different damn and loool @the flying fish pie wdr 😂😂
  • @virgin26
    I didn’t know yht people were there in the 60s and mixing in the schools