Lumber operations on Fordlandia land holdings in Brazil, conducted by Ford Motor Company, to support its rubber manufacturing needs. A steam shovel used to excavate in cleared and deforested areas. A tractor drawn road grader in operation. Workers place rocks in a rock crusher. They spread the crushed rocks on road bed with the help of picks and shovels. A car on the road in the background. Point of view shot from on board a railroad train hauling flatcars loaded with logs as it moves through the Ford compound. View of Ford water tower and warehouse facilities at Fordlândia. Workers unload logs using a block and tackle. The logs move through a washing spray on conveyor belts. Workers stand on a moving saw platform. A railroad car loaded with lumber being hauled by a switch engine.
Ferry at a dock of Fordlândia rubber plantation in Brazil. Wide views from river of Fordlandia industrial buildings, warehouses, and Ford water tower. Interiors of a warehouse with a truck, a car and a storage area. A worker checks stock in storage area. Wide views of various buildings and houses of Fordlandia. A building on stilts with a screened porch around it. A man comes out of the house. View of buildings, workers walking on an open ground, an elevated roadway, river, a roofed frame house and palm branches in the foreground. A row of houses on stilts. A Brazilian worker family in the courtyard of a thatched house.
A group of people celebrates during a carnival in Brazil. People wearing costumes dance in a large ballroom. A band is playing. A woman in a costume stands on a platform. Band members wearing festive hats.
A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's journey to Antarctica during the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, in their ship, The Quest. A view of St. Paul's Rocks off the coast of Brazil. Booby birds seated on St. Paul's Rocks. The birds take off.
Former Secretary of Navy William Franklin Knox arrives at Camp Ingram in Brazil. He along with other naval officers embarks onto United States ship Omaha as marines salute him. He meets naval officers on board the ship.
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.)
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