Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Ford Brazil / Truck Farm Harvesting Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Views of several large municipal buildings - business district, streetcar, pedestrians - jungle area being cleared, workers, power shovel in operation - caterpillar-drawn road grader on road - workers filling small railroad gondola - steam engine operating machinery, truck under hopper being filled - view from above of town - dirt street, thatch roofed houses - nude child playing in street - steam locomotive, workers - group of small thatch roofed houses, natives - house under construction, thatch roof - house set up on stilts, people in windows, children walking down plank from house, laundry hanging on line - group of native children, one playing with small dog - interior of building, women workers at tables sorting nuts - plaza, municipal buildings - close-up of building. “Part three will follow immediately.” Map showing Marojos Island, Amazon River, Belem, Atlantic Ocean - natives, one holding wooden tray with pig in it on head - palm tree lined street - workers spreading gravel on road, dump truck - municipal building - river, shore, jungle, small houses on shore. b. Truck Farm Harvesting [1932]
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