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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
RUBBER EMPIRE, THE Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Sunrise over water - view from boat while underway - captain and mate on bridge, captain looking through binoculars - mouth of river - shoreline from boat - fishing boats on beach - small sailboats in cove - view of buildings - herd of cattle - close-up of Brahman bull - Brazilian cowboy on horse holding spear - cowboy with spear posing on ground - panorama of river bank, jungle and houses - views from hill of city of Belem - view of Grand Hotel - cart and donkey in street - views of Municipal Theater - workers sweeping street with branches - cathedral - tree lined walk - graveyard with ornate statues - pile of human skeletons among rotten boards - views at dock area, masts of boats, people walking about, goods piled on dock - man loading pineapples into wheelbarrow - dock market place, people, stalls, goods - boat underway - flag, ‘Servico C Ford’ - smoke stack of boat - captain at bridge - helmsman steering - views of river bank from boat - workers clearing underbrush with machetes - men standing on platform felling huge tree - tree falling - men clearing land, burning debris - men spreading gravel on road - hands displaying rubber tree seeds - workers planting rubber seeds - views of young seedlings - man holding seedling - man tapping tree, attaching cup to spout - worker collecting latex - girl spreading latex on board - girl rolling latex into ball - view of riverboat at anchor, men walking up from beach - men weighing latex on crude scales - small boats in river, house on shore in background - worker receiving goods from commissary - people in native village - girls tending garden beside house - girls posing - small boy and girl posing - close-up of young girl - view of houses on plantation - girl pouring bucket of water over small nude child - men carrying patient in hammock into hospital - views inside hospital, doctors talking to man, ward, doctors bandaging injured foot, man working with microscope - doctor walking through jungle, entering native hut, treating child held in mother’s lap - people entering large native hut - view of building - native children in classroom - men fishing from small boat - men pulling manatee onto beach - close-up of manatee - ocelot kittens playing - young boy walking with monkey - view of mouth of river - riverboat at small dock - men loading logs aboard riverboat - view of shoreline from boat - smokestack of boat - view of sunset over river. “The End.” [1939]
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