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President Franklin Roosevelt denounces Italy's entry into the war as Germany invades France; German operations in South America
June 10, 1940, American man, in San Francisco barbershop, reads newspaper report that Italy enters World War 2 as part of Axis and against France and Britain. Barber cuts the mans hair. They both look over at a portable radio on a counter and listen as President Roosevelt denounces Italy's action. American family with a husband, wife, and boy sit in a living room and listen to the radio while William L. Shirer broadcasts from Compiègne as France signs an armistice with Hitler. Views of railroad carriage in clearing surrounded by German troops in formation. Hitler strides with Hermann Goering, Admiral Erich Raeder, and others. Statue of Marshal Foch. French General Huntzinger, and his delegation escorted by German officers. Hitler and his delegation rise as the French delegation enters the rail car. Germans drape Nazi flag over the Glade of the Armistice monument (French: Clairière de l'Armistice). View of the Eiffel Tower. German troops marching through the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysee in Paris. Hitler's railroad train entering Paris station. Hitler taking an early morning tour of Paris in an open car. Hitler and party admiring the Eiffel Tower during German invasion of France and occupation of France. View from Eiffel Tower of German troops marching along street. German rail guns in new positions on coast of France, pointed toward the English Channel and England. The German rail guns moving on tracks and firing. Animated map showing Allies overseas possessions. German residents in Brazil in largely German communities, with German schools, German school children, Nazi textbooks, and Nazi German newspapers in a town in Brazil. A Hermann Goering glider club operating in Brazil, as a glider is prepared for flight. View of Japanese residents in Brazil on behalf of Imperial Japan. SEDTA German airline planes with bomb racks operating in Ecuador, South America. Germans exercising at exclusive German clubs in Argentina, modeled after Hitler Youth. Narrator indicates these operations represented a "Fifth Column" ready to take over.
Young Brazilian men and boys learn English during a class at the "School Henry Ford" in Brazil.
Young Brazilian boys attend a class in Brazil. A boy writes 'School Henry Ford' on a blackboard. He writes English sentences on the blackboard. A teacher reads from a book while the students write in their note books. (Other clips on this same reel show verified scenes of the Fordlandia community built by Ford Motor Company in Brazil. The classroom scene shown in this clip may be at the school in Fordlandia. Data accompanying this reel of film gives a date of 1940, but this may be from circa 1934 near the time that Fordlandia operations stopped and Belterra operations began).
A group of Brazilians in a boat heading towards a beach in Brazil.
Brazilians in a boat in Brazil. A group of Brazilian people in a boat. Men get off the boat at a beach. View of a hillside and a forest area on the beach. Sailboats ashore. (Other clips on this same reel show verified scenes of the Fordlandia rubber plantation built by Ford Motor Company in Brazil. This clip likely shows scenes of the Finlandia rubber tree plantings. Data accompanying this reel of film gives a date of 1940, but this may be from circa 1934 near the time that Fordlandia operations stopped and Belterra operations began).
Native Brazilians catch fish and views of small huts and a church in Brazil.
Brazilians in a boat in Brazil. Two Brazilian men in a small boat. A man throws a fishing net. Children with overturned bats on a beach. Small huts on the beach. A group of people seated on the steps of a church. Men pray inside the church. A group of people in a boat. (Other clips on this same reel show verified scenes of the Fordlandia community built by Ford Motor Company in Brazil. Though this community does not appear to be Fordlandia, it may be a nearby community of Ford rubber plantation workers. Data accompanying this reel of film gives a date of 1940, but this may be from circa 1934 near the time that Fordlandia operations stopped and Belterra operations began).
Brazilian workers harvest fruits in orchards and latex from rubber trees at Fordlandia facility in Brazil
Rubber and fruit harvesting operations at Fordlândia facility built by Ford Motor Company in Brazil, to supply rubber to Ford manufacturing facilites. View of rubber trees. Brazilian people walk on a dirt road lined with rubber trees. Orange trees in a row. Workers carry canvas bags. They climb ladders beside the trees and pluck fruits. The workers pick fruits from the ground. Banana trees in rows. Rubber tree workers pour harvested rubber tree latex from pails in to a large collection can. A man sprays insecticide (possibly DDT) in a swampy area to control insect population. (Other clips on this same reel show verified scenes of the Fordlandia community built by Ford Motor Company in Brazil. The latex and fruit collection seen in this clip is likely on lands connected to Fordlandia. Data accompanying this reel of film gives a date of 1940, but this may be from circa 1934 near the time that Fordlandia operations stopped and Belterra operations began).
Wide views of Fordlandia rubber plantation area, houses and gardens in Brazil.
Views of rubber tree forests and plantation of Fordlandia, built and operated by Ford Motor Company, in Brazil, to supply rubber for the company's needs. A forest area, fields and small thatched huts on the plantation. Houses with gardens and a swimming pool. Wide view from up high of buildings on the plantation, and the Ford water tower and power plant of Fordlandia in the distance, with the Tapajos river behind. (Data accompanying this reel of film gives a date of 1940, but this may be from circa 1934 near the time that Fordlandia operations stopped and Belterra operations began).
