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| Produced by | Colonial Office |
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| Language | English |
The Royal Tour of the Caribbean is a 1966 documentary film, produced by theColonial Office to record the royal visit ofElizabeth II to her independent realms and theCrown Colonies of theCaribbean.[1]
The film recorded pre-independence footage from several of stops of the tour. The tour included visits toAntigua,the Bahamas,Barbados,British Guiana, theCaicos Islands,Dominica,Grand Turk Island,Grenada,Jamaica,Montserrat,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent,Tortola, andTrinidad and Tobago.[1] The film was one of a relatively few documentaries shot in the area in the 1960s. It had a contemporary inThe Lion of Judah (1966), which covered a state visit ofHaile Selassie I to Jamaica.[1]
The Colonial Office's documentaries typically covered population and health issues, and the film stands as an exception to this rule.[1]
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