Strohm 0048 (silent)

Description: Incomplete excerpt from film about rubber farming in Southeast Asia. A white man in a suit spins a globe and points to Thailand and Indonesia on a map, and footage cuts to scenes of everyday life, industry and military parades in Southeast Asia.

Rubber farming in Southeast Asia and in other locations; as metadata gives "Ceylon," then presumably some is Sri Lanka; includes farming, British and American colonial militia and scenes of Saigon, Vietnam.

Another segment possibly designed Strohm_0049.

Technical note: Image appears flipped from 2:15 to end.

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Subjects: 1950s, Industry, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Military, Boats and boating, Extractive industries

Tags: illustrated title card of man tapping tree for rubber; rubber trees; leaves; plants; men; pails; Natural Rubber Bureau presents title card; voice of male authority; suits; desks; maps; globes; sculptures; figurines; deities; desk blotters; pens; ashtrays; close-up of globe; man talking in front of map; hand pointing to country of Siam; watches; water; canals; boats; canoes; oars; sampan boats; hats; roads; trucks; swimming; rowing; rivers; mother and child on house boat; hauling vegetables on boat; temples; trees; Wat Benchamabophit; white marble; palm trees; military; soldiers; banners; parades; musical performances; drums; drummers; marching; sailors in uniforms; guns; rifles; firearms; horses; saddles; elephants; young man riding elephant; chains

Film Sponsor: Natural Rubber Bureau

Creator: John Strohm

Credits: Title states: "Natural Rubber Bureau presents 'Southeast Asia' photographed and narrated by John L. Strohm, author-editor-world-traveler"

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: John Strohm Collection PC-0549

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1950

Release Date:

Geographical Location: Thailand; Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; Sri Lanka

Genre/Form: sponsored, industrial

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, workprint

Color: b&w, color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle plus

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 185