Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Of all the early films involving calypso, Windjammer is perhaps the strangest and rarest of the lot.
....The scenes in Windjammer filmed in Trinidad offer a fascinating glimpse into the early developments of calypso and steelband and are not to be missed. The Trinidad portion begins and ends with scenes that feature the steelbands Boystown from Carenage and Silvertones from Belmont—both of which no longer exist.
The Trinidad scenes takes place over the course of a dozen or so days while the ship was docked in Trinidad.
Interestingly, Windjammer offers one of the first detailed filming of Trinidadian steelband performance known to exist anywhere. The scenes include a dance on the docks next to the boat, a steelband performing pan-around-the-neck marching down the streets in what appears to be Laventille Hill, and multiple scenes of steelbands performing on the Christian Radich itself.
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