Views of the facilities at Fordlândia, a rubber plantation and processing facility in Brazil, built and operated by Ford Motor Company to supply rubber to Ford manufacturing. A group of Brazilian rubber tree workers comes out of the woods and is walking on roads of Fordlandia. View of houses and roads. People standing in a corridor. People shopping at a store that sales cigars and various other items. View of the power generation facilities and warehouse and industrial buildings of Fordlandia. A large water tower with 'Ford' written on it. Machinery under shelter near the water tower. A worker adjusting power generation equipment below the water tower. Water running into a tank below the water tower. (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 natives in Brazil. A man comes out of a house and takes a ball of raw rubber out of a basket on a boy's back. Brazilian people stand at a sidewalk. A signboard reads 'Carne Fresco' (fresh meat). A scale and merchandise kept on a counter of a market. A pack saddle on a horse with boys standing in the background. (Other clips on same film reel show scenes from Fordlandia rubber plantation operated by Ford Motor Company, so these market scenes may be related to the Fordlandia facility.)
A motorized yacht underway in Brazil. Life boats on the deck. Wake in the water as the boat moves on the water surface.
Brazilian native community in Brazil connected to Fordlandia rubber plantation, built by Ford Motor Company to supply rubber for Ford manufacturing. Brazilian men, women and children stand outside a thatched house. A row of houses of Riverside Avenue in Fordlândia with an open ground in front. Water tower of Fordlandia visible in the far distance. Close up view of Ford water tower at Fordlandia. A young girl walks in a garden outside a house.
View of a river with houses and buildings in the background. A group of people crosses the river in a small boat. People on an excursion boat. View of the river with a forest area alongside. (Other clips on this same reel show scenes of the Fordlandia community built by Ford Motor Company in Brazil. This clip may show Fordlândia facilities).
Fordlândia rubber forest operations in Brazil, operated by Ford Motor Company to supply rubber for Ford manufacturing. Scenes of deforestation as Brazilian workers load large logs of wood onto a tracked trailer with the help of a block and tackle. View of a forest area in the background. The caterpillar-hauled trailer loaded with logs moves through the forest area. Workers burn debris in a partially cleared area of the Amazon region.