Port of Spain in Trinidad (1970-1979) | British Pathé

The Port of Spain in Trinidad is busy with motorists, boaters, and consumers visiting Barclays Bank and Woolworth’s in this gorgeous footage from the 1970s.
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(FILM ID: 3069.02)
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Various panning shots of port showing many moored boats. Good high angle shots showing whole area surrounding port, including traffic, local businesses including Barclays Bank, Woolworth's.
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[@daryls1844]

Discipline, Production and Tolerance comes to mind. Great footage, wish it had sound.

[@salemthemerciless]

Just loving the cars !!!!!! Almost any one of them would fetch a good price today .

[@lionliveson]

oh home sweet home back in the good ole days. Remember going in town with my elders and enjoying the traffic and sights & sounds!!!

[@petranilla14]

I remember drinking at the soda fountain at Woolworth and buying sweets by the pound!!

[@alorey24]

Thank you for posting this! The diversity in ethnicity and 70's fashion were both entertaining. :D

[@zamwam8005]

Just felt like I used a time machine

[@KevinSheppard]

This is a very interesting video, I really, really love it but.... dat policeman LMAO!!!

[@cdinchong]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@slcrichlow]

Very nice put up more if you have

[@15tintin]

Thank you for posting

[@sandrewtrinidad966]

Thanks for Posting ....Interesting Video, Port of Spain Has Change So Much Now, So Many New Buildings and a Neat Walkway (Called the Promenade), Now replace much of what is shown in this Video.

[@missk2593]

I was born in the 70s and it was so beautiful and the air was so much cleaner. Love this video. Keep them coming💕💕💕

[@bgjones1241]

I remember drinking rum in Lower Santa Cruse.And looking at the street activities from a Dentist office in Port Off Spain. and the water Mellon cart.

[@Jancom123]

Gold! People dressed properly to go downtown back then. Quite a few in their work uniforms like nurses & postal workers it seems. No guns back then like now too.

[@dellam.8321]

Those were the days, sweet sweet T&T. Not now anymore.

[@sameerali78]

Lots of traffic even back then

[@Specrotors]

Good stuff :)!!

[@salemthemerciless]

At 2:48, a Cortina Mk 2 (box type cortina) passes by, blinged up with the angel on the bonnet . . . nice , nice

[@muckle8]

@hombre1968 At 2.05 the white rover p6 , wonder what happened to that lovely car ?

[@IrwinDeGannes]

wow amazing

[@negroesonlycaribbeanisraelites]

Beautiful

[@petranilla14]

2:42 Police in short pants. I bet they miss it in all this heat.

[@christopherlostmyspecsagai3554]

Is there any volume? I can’t hear anything

[@seetasingh2032]

That last building.What is it .

[@3kneeboi]

Our girls were so beautiful back then. Everyone looks so decent attractive. No one looks obese, everyone looks healthy. I grew up in the 70s, it was the best time to grow up in Trinidad.

[@Tejaye777]

Based on the manner of dresssing this is either early or mid 70s. Doesn't look like it was late 70s.

[@SystemRichie]

Honestly nothing much changed. Except more people take loans to pretend to be rich by buying new cars.

[@HostileLemons]

SystemRichie So true

[@Seriously742]

The oil boom days 🇹🇹

[@TheKeithvidz]

i didn't exist then

[@randybatchasingh4788]

i was born in 1972.

[@TheKeithvidz]

@@randybatchasingh4788 My, my. experienced this then.

[@dabniles]

No "fast food", "no obesity"

[@forest_green]

No right for Black people to own property I'd rather be fat that live under segregation.