THE WORLD'S STAKE IN AFRICA Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

PARTIALLY-EDITED STOCK FOOTAGE: Shows mining operations for copper, diamonds, cobalt and radium; village life and gathering of cocoa, rubber and ivory. R.1: Copper refinery shows sluiceways, tanks, buildings and machinery in operation. R.2: African men bore holes in mountain for explosives to release copper, and load and move hand cars of ore. Caucasian men direct copper mining operations. R.3: Village family bids goodbye to African man. He walks to railroad station, boards train to go to work site. Palace grounds. African women do laundry at public tubs with running water. Bare-footed African women look at leather shoes in store window. Women and children at clinic. Women bathe small children at clinic, where they have learned modern child-care methods. Women in factory sewing on Singer treadle machines. African men work at riveting of boats and pier. R.4: African men work diamond mine, under caucasian supervision. Men break up ore, and move it. Men sort diamonds by size and quality. Men work at cobalt mine, load ore on hand-cars. Men work with pick-axes and shovels. Close-ups of various types and sizes of radium ore. African men with machetes harvest cocoa pods. Man breaks cocoa pod to show contents. African men tap rubber trees. Shows how cuts are made in bark to let sap run into bucket. Several elephants in brush, showing various lenghts of tusks. Line of men emerge from jungle, each carrying two tusks. Pile of tusks.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups