# Island of Yesterday: Sumatra, Dutch West Indies, The

Goodyear's own film about its rubber plantations on the island of Sumatra, depicting Sumatra's culture in a highly patronizing and racist fashion.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1920
- Runtime: 9 min
- By: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Inc., Motion Picture Division
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Islandof1920)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/Islandof1920?play=1)