THE WAY WE LIVE

this is Main Street most of you are familiar with shopping centers like this where people buy in stores like the retail fruit market stopped with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables like this retail hardware store were tools and paints and many other things maybe purchase or like the clothing store where another merchant has goods for sale you know what to find at the bakery and what services the cobbler has to offer when we want things that others want to sell we give them money when we exchange money for things we need we begin to understand the meaning of trade in this film we shall discover how trade is carried on in many parts of the world in eastern Canada lies the province of Quebec many French Canadian farmers make their homes on the rich farmlands of the st. Lawrence Valley those who live close enough to the city of Quebec can sell a large part of their farm produce to people who live in the city farmers load up their farm produce at least once a week and more often during the harvest season and take it to town everyone helps what they have to sell depends on the season today there are potatoes apples and onions almost always there are large fresh eggs and chickens ordered by a customer father and son take the produce to the city these farmers are thrifty people they use the horse for transportation as well as for farm work they travel over modern highways that connect cities with farms their trip to the city takes about two hours father and son arrived at their first stop this woman likes to buy fresh produce directly from the farmer she tells the farmer what she will need next week and pays for what she has bought father and son drive on to their next customer at this home the father delivers the eggs that were ordered a week ago this woman has arranged to pay for them later this is buying on credit credit is an important part of buying and selling father and son worked together arranging and delivering transporting and trading at the end of the day with their wagon empty they return home here is the Netherlands or Holland it lies in the northwestern corner of the great European Plain in Holland much farmland has been reclaimed from the sea by building dams or dikes to keep this land dry enough for farming many ditches and canals are dug and this water is constantly being pumped into the sea these same canals serve as a network of water highways over which the farmers transport their harvests since there are canals almost everywhere in Holland most farmers use boats or small barges like these much as farmers elsewhere might use wagons or trucks where canals are separated by dikes boats are carried over these by a cradle car a power drive cable toes car boat produce and farmer overland from canal to canal some of the boats are pulled or pushed slowly along the larger canals other boats are propelled by small gasoline engines in Holland one can almost always see canal barges going to and from market when barges must pass from one canal into another where the water is either higher or lower they must pass through locks as the lock-keeper fills or empties the locks the barges are raised or lowered when the water in the lock reaches the level of the canal ahead the gate is opened and the boats move on on market days farmers transport their produce to a nearby wholesale market these barge loads will be sold to wholesale buyers who in turn will sell the produce to retail Merchants the barges move along a canal which passes right through the market wholesale buyers inspect the produce and decide how much they will pay for it an electric indicator shows the wholesale prices that are being bid for each load when the dealer decides how much a load is worth he enters his bid on a button in front of him later what he has bought is sent to his warehouse and then to retail stores some of the produce is also shipped overseas the largest country of Southeast Asia is China one of China's largest centers of trade and transportation is can't Han River and ocean boats bring goods and produce to Canton from the farms and Fisheries and other trading centers of China farmers who live within a day's walk of Canton carry their produce to the city or use small carts like these even today there are few modern highways great numbers of small boats called Sam pans are used to bring the products of inland farms to can't on the people of this city depend on the sampan trade for their daily food and raw materials for their industry here in one of Canton Street markets buying and selling today is just as it has been for centuries retail Merchants display their goods right out on the streets there are no price tags here the seller always names a high price the buyer and seller argue and finally they reach an agreement because most buyers are very poor refrigeration cannot be afforded thus the purchase of food is a daily chore much of the produce is dried or kept alive so it will not spoil in the warm climate of southern China Merchants cut up food as it is purchased the fish merchant has invented his own method for keeping his stock fresh the housewife who buys fresh foods will by no more than her family can use in one day to the south and west of China lie the hot humid jungles of Malaya in the rainforests primitive methods of transportation like this bamboo raft are still being used the network of rain swollen rivers is the real highway through the jungles these people are on their way to the trading post finally they arrive at a clearing along the riverbank where the jungle Trading Post is located as the men and boys unload their goods they pass pack elephants which are waiting to carry the jungle products out to towns along the Seacoast the jungle products which these may lands carry to the post are things they have learned are useful and valuable to the outside world at the trading post business is carried on by barter it begins as the traitor examines the things the natives have brought first the bundles of rattan which will be used in furniture making the trader knows what the rain forest products are worth in terms of goods from the outside world the bartering is enjoyed by everyone yeah finally the hunters have their turn they decide what they want in return for the monkey and other jungle things manufactured goods like these Bush knives are much needed by jungle dwellers labelled got it look at my house you bring it up hey no come on Holly through the native women need cloth they have no means of weaving cloth for themselves in their jungle homes the journey home will be by land for the river is too Swift for upstream travel back through the jungle the men return with the things they have obtained from the outside world following the wet pass through the rain forests of tropical may layer in the countries of Germany France Belgium and Switzerland we shall see entirely different kinds of trade and transportation the great industrial areas of these countries are tied together by a network of land and water transportation routes the heavy raw materials and manufactured products are transported cheaply by barges such as these which connect the iron ore coal and steel districts of Western Europe coal from the famous ruhr valley of western Germany moves to steelmaking districts every year millions of tons are loaded onto barges to be shipped to the nearby factory towns in France just the opposite is true of iron or western Germany does not have enough for her steel mills barges carry iron ore from France to the Ruhr Valley where it is unloaded at the blast furnaces the products of the steel mills are carried by barge or railroads to factories elsewhere in Europe and for shipment to other parts of the world the industrial districts of Western Europe can operate only so long as trade continues between the nation's involve this trade is made possible by the well-developed network of Transportation of Western Europe off the coast of Europe lie the British Isles great britain and northern ireland formed the united kingdom london the capital of the united kingdom is located along the thames river about 40 miles from its mouth into the Thames come thousands of ships from all parts of the world here are many miles of dogs Great Britain is a great commercial and industrial nation she imports raw materials from overseas to be made into manufactured products such as these English automobiles the ships along the docks are loaded with manufactured products which have been produced for the skilled craftsmen who work in the factories of Great Britain the products are securely packed and loaded aboard ships for export to far-off parts of the world because Great Britain is a great trade and transportation center ships from everywhere load and unload along these docks as a result of her dependence on shipping Great Britain long ago became a great maritime nation across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe and the British Isles lies the Port of New York New York's Harbor is formed where the Hudson and East rivers join as they enter the Atlantic Ocean around the harbor are hundreds of docks were big ocean-going vessels load and unload their cargoes overlooking the harbor is manhattan island on which the world's greatest skyscrapers are clustered thrusting their towers skyward ships from the oceans of the world come to this great port city New York is one of the world's greatest seaports because it is a major transportation gateway into and out of the United States down the Hudson Valley fast trains transport freight and passengers to the city and this great railroad station is the terminal through which millions of persons pass as they leave their trains to enter the city other people and freight enter or leave over bridges built high enough to allow ships to pass under them night and day passenger cars and trucks transport people and goods endlessly over these gateways which connect the superhighways over which automobile traffic moves speedily on its way to and from the city great roadways have been built over and under the rivers to speed transportation trucks are needed many trucks to distribute the raw materials and goods which have been carried in larger quantities to rail terminals or to harbor docks along the city's waterfront here in New York Harbor as in London ocean-going ships are needed for trade with faraway countries and other ports of the world and here ship sentence and trucks have helped transport great quantities of food raw materials and manufactured goods into and out of New York's Gateway Harbor and now air transportation has provided new and additional means of bringing goods and people to our already great trade and transportation centers from Peru from Switzerland and from many other lands or to anywhere in our world great fleets of fast air transports wing their way high over ocean mountain or desert barriers and carry goods and people to other great airports that now serve trade and transportation centers all around our earth you I