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Flag Raising Ceremony - August 5, 1962
Flag raising ceremony at the National Stadium on August 5, 1962 for Jamaica's Flag of Independence.
Donald Quarrie winner of an Olympic Gold Medal in the 200 metres in Montreal
Donald Quarrie winner of 200 metres race at the Montreal Olympics being presented a gift by Sir Clifford Campbell, Governor General of Jamaica.
Half Way Tree Road at 8:05 AM
Traffic congestion along a section of Half Way Tree Road at 8:05 a.m. and a bicycle in the foreground.
Rural Housing Scheme with sanitary convenience set apart from main structure
Children standing in front of a wooden house on stilts, one of many in a rural housing development. A small outbuilding is seen at the back of one.
Marey Barbados
A black woman wearing a full length, high-waisted two layered dress, head wrap and necklace.
Sugar cane being taken from the field
Sugarcane being loaded mechanically and the loaded carts being transported by a tractor along a dirt road beside the sugar plantation.
Conveying cane into the factory 1960 - Caymanas Estate
Caymanas Estate showing the sugar factory, sugarcane on the ground, machinery being used to convey bundles of sugarcane and smoke rising from a chimney.
Sugar and rum
Barrels of sugar and rum being transported by a cattle caravan being handled by Africans along a dirt road with plants on both sides.
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Bob Marley performing at concert
"Bob Marley pointing, exhorts the huge throng to "Get Up, Stand Up For Your Rights' at Sunday's concert."