Summary

Footage Information

F.I.L.M Archives
BRAZIL
INDUS/1957/BW
Film Original
20 MIN
Mountains in harbor in Brazil, Map of South America, Brazil Notes equator and tropic lines, Animation shows rainfall and key cities, Wide busy streets in Rio, Bus crosses bridge in mountains, Coffee plantation, Jeep rides on road to forest frontier, Trees burn Men sift through burnt forest, turn land to pasture, Cattle in pasture, Servant serves wealthy Brazilian family, Aerial view of coffee plantation, Senor Gato gets off plane and walks to waiting car, Coffee trees, Car pulls up to plantation Workers harvesting coffee, Senor Gato talks to workers, Man picks beans Man rakes, woman sifts, Loading bags of coffee into donkey drawn wagon, Men empty sacks and spread it to dry in sun, Women bake in outdoor oven, Woman brings lunch to family working in coffee fields, Family picking cotton, Loading cotton on cart, Truck loads of cotton arrive at gin Man feeds gin, Harvesters return from fields, Father and son buy goods at company store, Family going to church, Brazilian market, People enter church, Men blast cliff side for iron ore, Train load of ore rides by mountainside Arrives at mill, Ore being processed at mill, Train load of steel rods, Men working in steel factory, Women working in weaving mills, Men punch time clock, Workers leaving plant, Man rides home on bus Children greet him at home, Students wearing ties sit in classroom, Man in department store demonstrates floor waxer, Cotton, coffee, oranges being loaded onto ships (NICE), Ships sail from harbor
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