Movies: Jack Delano

  • 1948
    Informe al pueblo

    Informe al pueblo (1948)

    Informe al pueblo

    01948HD

    Showcases the government's initial achievements in the Operation Bootstrap project....

    Informe al pueblo
  • 1984
    El legado de Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

    El legado de Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1984)

    El legado de Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

    01984HD

    Documentary exploring the life and work of the noted Puerto Rican bibliophile and historian, Arturo Shomburg, who devoted much of his life to collecting and documenting the African heritage and diaspora....

    El legado de Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
  • 1949
    Una gota de agua

    Una gota de agua (1949)

    Una gota de agua

    01949HD

    A drop of water is taken to a laboratory in San Juan, Puerto Rico to determine its purity. The film communicates scientific health information, such as the need to boil drinking water....

    Una gota de agua
  • 1952
    A Voice on the Mountain

    A Voice on the Mountain (1952)

    A Voice on the Mountain

    5.41952HD

    Field workers in Puerto Rico want to have a night school....

    A Voice on the Mountain
  • 1959
    Brainless John

    Brainless John (1959)

    Brainless John

    5.21959HD

    A man believes all the advertising he hears....

    Brainless John
  • 1952
    Las manos del hombre

    Las manos del hombre (1952)

    Las manos del hombre

    81952HD

    Educational documentary which extols the different forms of labor, and its importance to Puerto Rico’s progress....

    Las manos del hombre
  • 1979
    ¿Cine en Puerto Rico?

    ¿Cine en Puerto Rico? (1979)

    ¿Cine en Puerto Rico?

    01979HD

    Documentary that analyzes the situation of the film industry in Puerto Rico from its beginnings in 1912 to 1979. Filmmakers Jack Delano, Juan Viguié, Oscar Orzábal, Axel Anderson, Paquito Cordero, Efraín López Neris, Roberto Guastella, Roberto Gándar...

    ¿Cine en Puerto Rico?
  • 1951
    Los peloteros

    Los peloteros (1951)

    Los peloteros

    61951HD

    A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league....

    Los peloteros
  • 1956
    Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico

    Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico (1956)

    Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico

    01956HD

    Documentary on Pablo Casals first visit to Puerto Rico....

    Pablo Casals in Puerto Rico
  • 1948
    La voz del pueblo

    La voz del pueblo (1948)

    La voz del pueblo

    01948HD

    Documentary that encourages the public to participate in the general elections and the importance of the people's rights to exercise their vote....

    La voz del pueblo
  • 1999
    Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo

    Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo (1999)

    Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo

    01999HD

    Abelardo Díaz Alfaro visits the places that inspired him to write his book "Terrazzo". His life and work is explored through interviews with friends and colleagues....

    Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo
  • 1948
    Caña

    Caña (1948)

    Caña

    01948HD

    This short film celebrates the social legislation of wage reform for cane laborers....

    Caña
  • 1949
    Desde las nubes

    Desde las nubes (1949)

    Desde las nubes

    01949HD

    The first documentary produced by the Division of Community Education (DivEdCo) featuring modern and experimental audio techniques with aerial shots of Puerto Rico showing its topography, educationally inserting the island within a world-wide histori...

    Desde las nubes
  • 1987
    Sabios árboles, mágicos árboles

    Sabios árboles, mágicos árboles (1987)

    Sabios árboles, mágicos árboles

    01987HD

    Animated documentary highlighting the importance of protecting the environment and conserving it through the care and cultivation of flora and fauna....

    Sabios árboles, mágicos árboles
  • 1991
    Jack Delano: el goce de crear

    Jack Delano: el goce de crear (1991)

    Jack Delano: el goce de crear

    01991HD

    Biographical production that recreates the work of this artist, adoptive son of Puerto Rico, who stood out as a musician, photographer, filmmaker, producer, illustrator, etc....

    Jack Delano: el goce de crear
  • 1948
    Jesús T. Piñero

    Jesús T. Piñero (1948)

    Jesús T. Piñero

    01948HD

    Portrays Puerto Ricans' reaction on the appointment of Jesús T. Piñero as the first Governor in the island....

    Jesús T. Piñero
  • 1951
    La guitarra (en cinco siglos de música)

    La guitarra (en cinco siglos de música) (1951)

    La guitarra (en cinco siglos de música)

    01951HD

    Presents the Spanish classical guitarist Regino Sáinz de la Maza, playing classical pieces such as "Preludio ensueño" by Francisco Tárraga....

    La guitarra (en cinco siglos de música)