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Trackers haul on long ropes along a riverbank

Name: Trackers haul on long ropes along a riverbank
Uploaded: 2026-09-04T00:14:37.782Z
Duration: 21 s
Channel: The March of Time (Outtakes)

On a grassy bank above a broad river with a rocky spit, a long file of men leans forward almost to the ground, each harnessed to one of many ropes that run out in a fan towards the water; a man in a wide hat walks among them, and sailing boats lie out on the river. The source speaks of Chinese labourers pulling sampans. On the upper Yangtze teams of trackers still dragged boats through the rapids by hand in these years.

Period: c. 1934–1937
Credit: The March of Time (Outtakes)US National ArchivesPublic Domain (NARA) · Digitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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Clip name: HFE009917
Length: 0' 21"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames per Second: 24 fps
Chroma Subsampling: yuv422p10le
Resolution: 1920 × 1080
Format: MOV
File Size: 478,188,228 bytes

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