This 1933 silent educational film is about Brazil, the state of Rio de Janeiro, the city of São Paulo, and the various natural resources and industries across the country, from farming to manufacturing and production. After 1930, the successive governments following the Old Republic continued the industrial and agricultural growth and development of the vast interior of Brazil. The movie was released as part of a series known as Eastman Classroom Films, which were used (as the name implies) in classrooms around the United States. The film would have originally been accompanied by a study guide or script which would have been read aloud in the classroom.

(0:08) Map of South America with “The United States of Brazil” highlighted. The Eastern Highlands, on the eastern side of the country in contact with the South Atlantic Ocean, is pointed out (0:27) “São Salvador (Bahia) is the oldest settlement in the New World and is located on the Eastern Highlands.” Includes shots of São Salvador from the water and from a vehicle traveling within the city (1:45) “Cacao,” otherwise known as cocoa beans, are harvested from trees by two workers (1:59) Workers stand along giant cacao piles and cut through the cacao seeds (2:54) “Cassava is a valuable source of food.” A worker lifts a cassava tree and points out its roots (3:16) “Tobacco for Brazilian cigars.” Workers plow through a tobacco field and women in a factory roll cigars and pack them in boxes by hand (3:46) “São Paulo is the leading industrial and agricultural center of Brazil.” A map of Brazil with the city’s location is displayed. Includes shots of a busy train station, the city from a moving plane, and the streets (5:28) “Silk weaving” – Women in a factory work on silk looms (6:01) “Shoe making” – Includes shots of factory workers behind machines, the factory from the distance, and cattle congregated in a fenced area. Women in an assembly line then clean through the removed cowhide with towels (6:50) “A snake farm” – A man with a snake around his arm stands in a field with small snake huts (7:09) “Pineapples” – Workers cut grass in a field by hand and stack up the pineapples they’ve harvested (7:30) “Coffee is the chief source of wealth of the state of São Paulo” – Aerial view of a field and shots of workers harvesting coffee from the tree (8:05) Map of São Paulo’s location in proximity to Santos, with the direction noted as “the world’s principal coffee railway.” Rear view from a train as it moves. A locomotive connects with the rest of the train cars (9:14) “Over half of Brazil’s exports pass through Santos” – View of a brick paved road with carriages coming through. Men taste test brewed coffee at a table (9:48) “The Coffee Exchange” – Exterior of the Bolsa Official de Cafe. Coffee sacks stacked on trucks are loaded by crane onto a cargo ship (10:55) “Sugar is an important crop in the state of Rio de Janeiro” – A worker cuts through sugarcane plants with a large knife, and another harvests the chopped sugarcane on the ground (11:23) “Rio de Janeiro – the capital of Brazil” – View of the city from a moving boat and view of Sugarloaf Mountain (12:52) “The Monroe Palace houses the Brazilian Senate” – Exterior shot of the Theatro Municipal (13:22) “A 17th century aqueduct” – A trolley travels on the aqueduct with shots of vendors below (13:58) “Air travel is well developed” – Two passengers board a BOAC high wing seaplane, probably a Sikorsky S-42 amphibian.

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