Cargo being handled in the docks at Santos, Brazil

Cargo being handled in the docks at Santos, Brazil. Stevedores are using a chain driven conveyor belt to move sacks of produce, possibly coffee, from a lorry on the quayside onto a ship. All of the men are wearing hats, mainly of the fedora type. Railway wagons are in the background.

Object Details

ID: P95111
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1933-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm