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*Schley Ride to Treasure Island* screen title.

Documentary (1952)

Production:
Picturelogue Inc. of Waukesha Wisconsin (Production)
Norman E.Schley (Photography)

Also from this series:
Schley Ride to series

This travelogue was made by Norman E. Schley, who made a series of films titled “Schley Rides". This particular film takes the viewer on a breathtaking journey around pre-revolutionary, and pre-U.S. embargo, Havana, Cuba. Please note that the film is silent, but would have originally been presented at screenings with live narration by Norman Schley himself. The film is presented in 4 parts.
Part 1: Scenes from Havana, Cuba.
Part 2: Hotel Varadero International, Agave farm, Sugar cane fields, other view of Havana (following Part 1 in the same film).
Part 3: The footage is predominantly taken in and around rural Southern Cuba in places like perhaps Isla de Pinos (now Isla de Juventud).
Part 4: Scenes from Havana also seen in Part 1, with with several bonuses.

Part 1

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

At Miami International Airport-36th Street Airport.
Registration N6212C, c/n 4012. Delivered new to Fly-Eastern Air Lines in February 1952, named 212. A Fly-Eastern Air Lines Douglas DC-7B registered N808D taxied into parked N6212C causing fire on June 28th 1957 at Miami International, Florida (KMIA/MIA).

Wright R-3350 engine.

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

Continuity error when arrival at what supposed to be Aeropuerto Rancho Boyeros-Habana (Aeropuerto Internacional José Martí (HAV/MUHA) nowadays).
Registration N6210C, c/n 4010. Delivered new to Fly-Eastern Air Lines in February 1952, named 210. Sold to Aviation Corporation of America in September 1968. Scrapped.

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

View from an Unidentified Aircraft wearing partially readible N90xxx registration.

Part 2

No aircraft.

Part 3

Douglas C-54-15-DC Skymaster

At Aeropuerto Rancho Boyeros-Habana.
Registration N88927, c/n 010383. Delivered new to USAAF in August 1944, registered 42-72278. Back to Douglas Aircraft Company in June 1946. Delivered to PAA-Pan American World Airways as N88927 in March 1947, named Clipper Skylark, later Clipper Oslo. Sold to Avianca in January 1955, registered HK-180. Sold to SAM Colombia in 1969. Bought by Carolina Aircraft Corporation in December 1969, registered N180E. Sold to Aviation Facilities Inc. in May 1970. Sold to Pan African Airlines in July 1970, registered 5N-APB. Sold to the USA in July 1974, registered N90900. Scrapped.
In the background, a Grumman G-21 Goose behind a De Havilland DH104 Dove.

A Douglas DC-3/Douglas C-47 Skytrain in the far background.

Douglas DC-3A

At Aeropuerto Rancho Boyeros-Habana.
Registration CU-T172, c/n 11671. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1943 as Douglas C-53D-DO Skytrooper, registered 42-68744. Converted to Douglas DC-3A and sold to PAA-Pan American World Airways in 1945, registered NC19116. Transferred to Compañía Cubana de Aviación, registered CU-P172, then CU-T172.

Douglas DC-3A-228F

Continuity error in flight, the registration changes to:
Registration CU-T38, c/n 4100. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in July 1941, registered NC33609. Transferred to Compañía Cubana de Aviación in 1946, registered CU-P38, then CU-T38. Back to USA as NC33609. Sold to Mexico as XB-FUJ, then to Aerolineas Pacifico in 1968 as XA-POK. Broken up at Long Beach,CA USA (KLGB/LGB) in 1971.

Reg.CU-T38-228F Douglas DC-3A of Compañía Cubana de Aviación S.A.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Another continuity error when landing at Aeropuerto Municipal Pepe Barrientos (Aeropuerto Nacional Rafael Cabrera Mustelier (GER/MUNG) nowadays) in Isla de Pinos (Isla de la Juventud nowadays).[ See discussion tab].
The aircraft changes for Aerovías Q, a company which operated routes to Havana and few cities in Mexico and the USA (1946-1960).