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Prisoners work at railroad tracks in Devil's Island, French Guiana.
Men operate a lever machine inside a railway station in Devil's Island in French Guiana. Prisoners near railroad tracks between a mountain cut. Workers on a railroad cart pass by. Water supplied through wooden water channels. Workers make a large circular iron wheel.
Lumbering operations by workers at a lumber yard in Devil's Island French Guiana.
On prison labor in Devil's Island Prison in French Guiana. Prison guard on a railroad cart pushed by workers through a heavily wooded area. Men cut a large tree. Men chop the fallen tree. Lumbering operations by workers at a lumber yard. Wood loaded onto a boat. A large tree log pulled by buffaloes. Wood cut at a lumber yard by electric saw.
Activities at the Devil's Island prison including, prisoner identification, quarters and food inspection.
Man takes finger prints of a prisoner under supervision of a guard at the Devil's Island prison in Devil's Island, French Guiana. Accession racks arranged in alphabetical order. Photograph of the prisoner is taken. Prisoners move along a prison corridor. Prison cells are locked by guards. Food given to the prisoners inside the cells through compartments in the doors. Prisoners fill water container in an open compound.
Views of prison, cemetery, telegraph shack and rope-way at Devil's Island in French Guiana.
Water breaks on rocks at shore in Devil's Island, French Guiana. A guard moves in yard of the Devil's Island prison. A prisoner draws water from well. A gravestone in a cemetery. Telegraph shack and transmitter, to which power is supplied by the prisoners turning hand cranks. Men send signal using reflectors. A man climbs ladder carrying something in his hands. A rope-way runs between two islands.
Natives pull cart, row boat and dig ground at Devil's Island in French Guiana.
Natives pull a hand cart along a street at a village in Devil's Island, French Guiana. Men move through a thick forest. Men inspect banana trees. Point of view shot from large rowboat as crew works together rowing the boat. Close-up view on board of men rowing the boat. Laborers carrying supplies into a compound using yolked loads across their shoulders. Men (possibly prisoners) dig ground near shore, as a guard watches over them.
Former prisoners leave the Devil's Island in French Guiana, by boat.
Former prisoners of the French prison gathered at a dock area on Devil's Island in French Guiana. The prisoners carry their belongings. They board a boat and leave the island. Several ships and boats underway in the river.