The Wealth Of The World - Congo Harvest Reel 2 Of 2 (1950-1959)

Reel 2. Trees falling - clearing jungle. Men carrying burning torches. They set fire to trees and bush. Clouds of smoke. A view of large area of tree trunks not burned away. The trunks are levered and moved. Palms are planted. Map of the Congo showing copper mines, roads, airports etc. Aerial shot of palm fields. Palm trees from the ground. African children at school sing a song. Older children going to school and doing physical exercise in playground. Classroom scenes, learning to write and type. Diving and swimming in a river. Trucks carrying men to work at plantations. Recruiting staff. Some have goats or dogs with them. Men are weighed and have their chests checked by doctor with stethoscope. Money is counted. Thumb print marks their receipt. Food being issued and clothes. Houses for the workers. Men at work in the plantations. Working in mills, typing, woodworking etc. Trucks carrying fruit. Shovelling coal into furnaces. Machines processing trees to make palm oil.