Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
RUBBER FOR AMERICA Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: View of man in waders fly fishing in stream - close-up of rubber waders - surgeon donning rubber gloves - woman putting rubber pants on baby - map of Asia, Pacific Ocean, and North and South America showing routes from Dutch East India to Detroit via San Francisco, also by the Panama Canal - view from boat of jungle on river bank - view of riverboat under way - natives on scaffolding around tree, cutting tree - huge tree falling - views of small buildings at plantation - inside schoolhouse, teacher and pupils - students running from entrance of schoolhouse - children playing in playground, swinging - natives carrying man in hammock-like stretcher into hospital - inside hospital, reception room - doctors in hospital bandaging foot of man on table - doctor walking down jungle road - doctor entering native hut, treating family - panorama of church - views of soccer game in progress - panoramic views of plantation from water tower - native using antiquated method of tapping rubber tree - native building fire and collecting ball of raw rubber onto stick by pouring liquid latex over stick and turning it - views of young trees on plantation. [1941]
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