Strohm 0049 (silent)

Description: Labor and industry of Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Japan, featuring agricultural practices and British and American colonial presence in Southeast Asia.

This roll perhaps another segment of film designated Strohm_0048, entitled "Southeast Asia."

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Subjects: 1950s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Industry, Extractive industries, Agriculture, Rural life, Colonialism, Human-animal relationships, Labor, Vietnam War (1961-1975)

Tags: people riding elephants; men; poles; valiya kol; chains; working animals; elephants in service as agricultural workers; young man riding elephant; loincloths; trees; tree trunks; knives; rubber tapping; rubber harvesting; collecting latex; pails; buckets; labor; workers; women working; young women carrying buckets of latex; carrying poles; temples; sculptures; sacred cows; deities; docks; ships; nets; cargo; soldiers; rifles; guns; tanks; N3854 tank; No Signals sign; military; uniforms; berets; trucks; interracial soldiers; soldiers marching through jungle; Asian soldiers; white soldiers; white soldier examining Asian woman's identification and property; babies; children; straw hats; officers; tents; rice paddies; paddy fields; harvesting rice; musicians; instruments; mother and child; families; youth; chickens; plants; leaves; farming; cities; paved roads; buildings; horses; horse-drawn carriages; trolley cars; bicycles; women washing laundry in river; water; hoes; pickaxes; grasses; dirt; soil; Hotel de ville of Saigon; People's Committee Building; Ho Chi Minh City Hall; government; portrait of President of Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem; fountains; smiles; urbane fashions; sunglasses; airplanes; 7 people riding on roof and hood of car; towers; mining; breaking rocks; cattle-drawn plow; mud; chopping plaster off of bricks; artists; performers; paintings; drums; storytellers; close-up of mother carrying baby on back; hay bales; bamboo; woman using bamboo tool to flatten hay; man spinning hay into twine; woman posing with bouquet of flowers; geisha; woman in kimono smiling; flowers; elephant pushing over tree; elephant labor; portraits of people looking at camera; street scenes; travel and exploration; counterinsurgency

Film Sponsor: [Natural Rubber Bureau]

Creator: John Strohm

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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

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Geographical Location: Sri Lanka; Vietnam; Japan

Genre/Form: amateur

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, workprint

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: triangle plus

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 415