S. A. Rubber Issue Title Is Hi De Hi (1943)

Part of issue HIDEHI. South Africa. Various shots of gum trees (aka Euphorbia) growing on hills. Various shots of black workers extracting the sap (aka latex) from the trees. A white supervisor tests purity of sap. Various shots of barrels of sap being loaded onto trucks. The sap is delivered to a processing plant at Mount Edgecom. Various shots of industrial process to clarify sap and separate the resin for the rubber. The gum trees provide much needed rubber for war effort. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (19341959), as well