[RUBBER EMPIRE]

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Panorama of buildings, river in background - close-up of ‘Restaurant Ford’ - restaurant interior, people at tables, waiters - fire engine, crew posing, moving along elevated road - view of school - children and teacher in classroom - tiny school on stilts at water’s edge, narrow pier from water to school - open sided thatch shelter, children entering - children sitting on benches in square around teacher seated at desk - people walking along galley alongside of building - line of workers filling past paymaster’s window, receiving envelopes - row of frame houses on stilts - steam railroad locomotive moving through partially cleared land, jungle in distance - workers planting rubber trees on cleared land - hands holding seeds - workers poking holes in ground with sticks, placing seeds in holes - view of seed beds, sprouted trees, workers - close-up of seedling trees - worker holding up rooted seedling - workers tending young rubber trees - worker preparing ground with hoe - worker digging hole with hoe, partially filling it with loose dirt - supervisor holding seedling, cutting off top, trimming roots, placing bare tree in hole, tamping earth with feet - close-up of young rubber tree, new branch growing out of side - older tree - panoramic view of hillside planted to young rubber trees - man standing beside rubber tree about ten feet tall - man walking among young trees - view of young trees on hillside - worker cutting grooves, placing taps in trees - view of latex in cup under tap - worker with pail collecting latex from cup - worker pouring latex into vat, pouring in another liquid, stirring with stick, cutting coagulated crepe rubber into strips, placing raw rubber into roller - view of winding road, hills, trees - buildings, river in background - frame house - buildings, hills in background - rows of open-sided shelters - car on dirt track through jungle. [1932]