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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).