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1950s: Hands use amber to pick up feathers from table. Man in period costume stands before scientific tools. Hands rub amber with wool. Hands rub glass rod with silk cloth.

1950s: Glass rod attracts suspended amber. Hands rub glass rod with silk cloth. Glass rods repel one another. Wind and rain batter trees. Lightning bolt. Kite flies in stormy sky.

1960s: AFRICA: men work wheel. Congo diamond mines. Tin from Nigeria. Copper and Uranium from the Congo. Boys on beach watch boat on water.

1960s: AFRICA: man puts gold bar on pile. Mines in Congo. Industrial diamonds from Congo region. Diamonds from South Africa. Diamond mine buildings