1940-1959AFRICA
LIBERIA, WEST AFRICA. AFRICAN VILLAGE. AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. LIBERIAN FAMILY LIFE. CRAFTSMEN. BUILDING A CIRCULAR HOUSE. VILLAGE MEETING. RUBBER INDUSTRY.
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MAP OF AFRICA. ZOON IN, LIBERIA
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SCENIC SHORELINE, OCEAN. SUNSET
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PAN HEAVILY FORESTED INTERIOR. FOREST
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RAINBOW OVER TREES
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PAN FOREST INTERIOR
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RAINFALL IN THE FOREST. DENSE TROPICAL FOREST.
RIVERS, SCENIC NATURE BEAUTY SHOTS |
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AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, FOOD CROP MONTAGE: RUBBER TREES. AFRICAN OIL PALM, BANANAS, COCOANUT PALM, CASSAVA (MANIOC)
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COLORFUL FLOWER MONTAGE, CU HIBISCUS, AFRICAN MOONFLOWER, POINSETTIAS,
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LIBERIANS CIRCA EARLY 1950s. TRIBE WALKING ON FOREST PATH. FOOTPATH AND BRIDGE CONNECT TRIBAL VILLAGES. VILLAGERS CARRYING ALL SORTS OF THINGS CROSS PRIMITIVE BRIDGE. FOOD. POTTERY
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LIBERIAN VILLAGE. YOUNG MEN PASS CARRYING PRIMITIVE BACKPACKS FILLED WITH GOODS, SUPPLIES PAN VILLAGE THATCHED ROOF HOUSES.
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SHEPHERD MOVES HIS HERD.
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WORKERS PLANTING CASSAVA. FOOD CROPS. AGRICULTURE.
MANIOC. |
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LIBERIAN FAMILY LIFE. HOUSEWIFE WINNOWING RICE, CHAFFING, TOSSING IN THE AIR. ANOTHER SIFTS IN SHALLOW BOWL. PRIMITIVE MORTAR AND PESTLE.
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HUMAN SCARECROW. VILLAGER GUARDS THE CROPS.
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WORKERS GATHER CLUSTERS OF AFRICAN OIL PALM
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VILLAGE FISHERMEN IN ROWBOAT GOING OCEAN FISHING
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WOMEN SEINING IN FRESH WATER POOL
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WOMAN AND CHILD GATHER FRESH WATER FROM BROOK
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TRIBAL CRAFTSMAN WEAVING COLORFUL BLANKET
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VILLAGE MEN SING TRIBAL WORK SONG, CHANT AS MEN WEAVE MAT
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OUTDOOR POTTERY WORKSHOP, MAN HAND CRANKS POTTER'S WHEEL. ELABORATE NATIVE CLAY POTTERY. NATIVE HANDICRAFTS
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TRIBE BLACKSMITH AT WORK PORTABLE ANVIL & GOATSKIN BELLOWS
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VILLAGERS BUILDING CIRCULAR HOUSE. POLES. MUD WALLS. LONG STICKS BOUND INTO PLACE SERVE AS A LATHE. LARGE RAFTERS FASTENED TO CENTER POLE.
SHAPING CONICAL ROOF. ENDS CHOPPED OFF WITH MACHETES. RAFTERS LACED WITH SHEATHING OF VINES & TWIGS. THATCHED ROOF. FRONDS TIED IN BUNDLES. |
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FAMILY CARRYING POSSESSIONS MOVES INTO NEW HOME
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FAMILY COMES OUTSIDE, SIT IN FRONT, FEELING AT HOME. MOTHER HOLDING YOUNG BABY. BOYS BOUNCE RUBBER BALL. BOY HITS THE BALL WITH HIS HEAD.
HEADER. |
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VILLAGE MEETING CHIEFS AND ELDERS MEET IN OPEN FORUM. MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING A SHEEP TELLS HIS SIDE OF THE STORY TO VILLAGE ELDERS.
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MODERN PLANE LANDS IN ROBERTS FIELD. LIBERIAN AIRPORT.
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RADIO TOWERS, TOWER FIELD. RADIO SERVICE.
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1940s CAR DRIVES ON PRIMITIVE ROAD THROUGH FOREST
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FARMINGTON RIVER HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT, DAM
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FISHERMAN FISHING IN DAM WATERS NET FISHING
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MODERN HOMES, PLANTATION HOMES. LIBERIA. WOOD PANELED 1940s TRUCK.
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EXTERIOR MODERN DISPENSARY.
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LIBERIAN TECHNICIAN, LAND SURVEYOR
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LIBERIAN TRADE SCHOOL BOOKER WASHINGTON INSTITUTE KAKATA. BOYS LEARNING TRADES.
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CU LATEX OOZING OUT FROM UNDER BARK OF RUBBER TREE INTO BUCKET. MILKY WHITE FLUID.
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POV WALKING DOWN "AVENUE" OF RUBBER TREES.
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LIBERIAN RUBBER PLANTING PROCESS, MEN WITH AXES CUT DOWN TREES, CLEARING GIANT TREES. HUGE TREES FALLING. MANY MEN WORKING TO THE BEAT OF NATIVE DRUMS.
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PAN CLEARED LAND. BURNING FELLED JUNGLE GROWTH WORKMEN SET FIRE WITH LONG BAMBOO TORCH. CONTROLLED FIRES. MASSIVE PLUME OF SMOKE RISING
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WORKERS PLANTING NUT LIKE RUBBER TREE SEEDS IN NURSERY.
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SEED GROWING INTO YOUNG TREES AT NURSERY. BUD GRAFTING TURNS THE SEEDLINGS INTO HIGH YIELDING TREES. CU WORKER CUTTING INTO THE BARK OF THE SEEDLING. CUTTING A "WINDOW". CUTTING LIVING BUD FROM A TREE, TRIMMED, PLACED INTO THE WINDOW CUT IN SEEDLING. BOUND IN PLACE. WOUND TAPED & SEALED WITH WAX. CUTTING AWAY THE SEEDLING TOP. IN TIME, GRAFTED CHUTE BECOMES THE TRUNK & TOP OF RUBBER TREE
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TILT UP "CLONAL RUBBER" TREE YOUNG RUBBER TREE
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WORKERS ALIGNING & HOLING IN CLEARED AREA. LAND SURVEYOR. LAND MEASURES & MARKED WITH POLES TREE LOCATIONS. WORKERS DIG HOLES, PLANTING PREVIOUSLY BUDDED ROOT ANCHORED CAREFULLY. RUBBER TREES.
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TAPE ENDS
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