RUBBER EMPIRE, THE

RUBBER EMPIRE, THE Produced: 1939 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Sunrise over water - view from boat while underway - captain and mate on bridge, captain looking through binoculars - mouth of river - shoreline from boat - fishing boats on beach - small sailboats in cove - view of buildings - herd of cattle - close-up of Brahman bull - Brazilian cowboy on horse holding spear - cowboy with spear posing on ground - panorama of river bank, jungle and houses - views from hill of city of Belem - view of Grand Hotel - cart and donkey in street - views of Municipal Theater - workers sweeping street with branches - cathedral - tree lined walk - graveyard with ornate statues - pile of human skeletons among rotten boards - views at dock area, masts of boats, people walking about, goods piled on dock - man loading pineapples into wheelbarrow - dock market place, people, stalls, goods - boat underway - flag, ‘Servico C Ford’ - smoke stack of boat - captain at bridge - helmsman steering - views of river bank from boat - workers clearing underbrush with machetes - men standing on platform felling huge tree - tree falling - men cle