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| Keywords: Africa. French Equatorial Africa. Clearing the jungle and forest areas is slow going - NARA - 541648.tif Scope and content Africa French Equatorial Africa Clearing the jungle and forest areas is slow going This photo shows natives at work clearing the forest in prepartion for the removal of top-soil after prospecting and testing of gravel had proved the existance of quantities of diamond-bearing gravel in the area This area has been burned and natives are shown chopping a 120 foot kapok tree into sections As there is no heavy machinery at this camp Bole Moyenne to aid in clearing a way these giant trees this is the only method wherby the tree can be removed from the working area It took three men five days to hack down this giant tree and it will take them three more days to remove all traces of the tree including the roots General notes 541648 Local identifier 286-ME-1 17 U S International Development Cooperation Agency Agency for International Development 10/01/1979 - ca 1998 Most Recent <br /> Department of State International Cooperation Administration 06/30/1955 - 11/1961 Predecessor <br /> Foreign Operations Administration 08/01/1953 - 06/30/1955 Predecessor <br /> Economic Cooperation Administration 1948 - 12/30/1951 Predecessor <br /> Mutual Security Agency 1951 - 08/01/1953 Predecessor NARA-Author Rodger George Photographer 2236828 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 circa 1948 1955 Record group Record Group 286 Records of the Agency for International Development 1948 - 2003 Record group ARC 608 Photographs of Marshall Plan Activities in Europe and Africa compiled ca 1948 - ca 1989 documenting the period 1945 - ca 1954 Series ARC 541631 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-286-ME-1 17 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov French Equatorial Africa Congo Rainforest African rainforests George Rodger | ||||