Learning on ScreenRubber
Series
- Series Name
- Roundabout
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: Visits a rubber tree plantation in South East Asia. Rubber trees were introduced to the region by British botanists, who grow seeds from South America in London hothouses. Shows the tapping and harvesting processes performed by a female worker. The processing of various forms of rubber, including "smoked sheet" which goes into motor tyres, "sole crepe" and "Linatex" is shown, as well as the rolling out, trimming, drying, grading and packing operations.
- Keywords
- Agriculture; Industry and manufacture
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 45 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1072/10
- Credits:
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- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Producer
- Rosanne Brownrigg
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- British Film Institute (BFI)
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