Road Conquers Jungle (1958)

Full title reads: “Surinam. Road Conquers Jungle“. Surinam, Dutch Guiana. GV Elevated shot of two men sitting in boat. GV River with tree-lined banks. GV Tree, pan to show machinery. SV Tree trunk, giant hook comes into picture. CU Giant hook. SV Front of bulldozer going towards tree. CU Man in driving cabin of treedozer. SV Treedozer goes into action and pushes down a tree then backs away. SV Tree falling. SV Giant rake attached to machine comes forward and pushes fallen tree. GV Rake pushing tree and roots aside. GV Motorgrader coming towards camera. CU Local man at controls of motorgrader. LV Motorgrader going away from camera. GV Trees, pan to show lorry with trunks loaded on it. CU. Logs on back of lorry, they travel away from camera giving a full view of the new road. (Lav.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.