- Title: V-4907
- Summary: PACKAGING FOOD FOR YOU: SHOWS THAT BY IMPROVED PACKAGING OF FOODS, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH RESEARCH BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY, CONSUMERS GAIN IN ECONOMY, IN QUALITY AND FRESHNESS, AND IN CONVENIENCE. DESCRIBES HOW TODAY'S PACKAGING OF MEATS AND POULTRY, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES, AT THE POINT OF PRODUCTION, IN THE FIELD, AT THE PROCESSING PLANT, AT THE WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE, AT THE RETAIL STORE.
- Description:02:20:52 - CHICKEN SITTING ON NEST GETS UP. EGGS IN NEST. 02:21:10 - FAT COUNTRY STORE CLERK SELLS EGGS TO HAPPY OLD WOMAN. 02:21:23 - CU HAND PULLS OUT BROKEN EGGS FROM PAPER BAG. 02:21:28 - EGG CARTON EMPTY & FILLED WITH EGGS. 02:21:45 - CU WHEAT. 02:21:48 - CU FOOD. WHEAT BREAD. ORANGES. FROZEN ORANGE JUICE. CORN COBS. EARS OF CORN. FROZEN CORN. BANANAS. BABY FOOD. TOMATOES. KETCHUP. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND PRODUCTS MADE FROM THEM. 02:22:39 - BIG SIGN: "DEPT OF AGRICULTURE". SUPERMARKET PARKING LOT. 02:23:06 - GRAND UNION SUPERMARKET. 02:23:17 - WOMAN WITH CHILD IN SHOPPING CART. PINWHEEL. DAIRY SECTION. 02:23:29 - CU BOXES OF DRIED SOUP MIX. MRS. GRASS. KNORR. LIPTON. MRS. WEISS. GOODMAN'S. 02:23:45 - CU BAG OF PEANUTS. 02:23:50 - CU POTATOES. MASHED POTATOES IN BOX. BAKED STUFFED POTATOES. AU GRATIN. MIX. ALL SORTS OF PACKAGED POTATOES. PROCESSED FOODS. 02:24:23 - POTATO CHIPS PILE UP. 02:24:30 - PEOPLE SHOP IN SUPERMARKET. CU CASH REGISTER RINGING UP SALE 02:24:49 - OLD FASHIONED COUNTRY STORE. CLERK SERVES CUSTOMER. PICKS OUT COOKIES. SCOOPS SUGAR. CUTS CHEESE. TAKES PICKLE FROM BARREL WITH HIS HANDS. HUNK OF BUTTER. WEIGHING SEEDS. WOMAN FANS HERSELF. WOMAN PAYS FOR FOOD. RE-CREATION 02:26:01 - BARE FOOT BOY HELPS FATHER IN OLD TIME STORE. STORE. RECREATION. MILK POURED INTO MILK CAN. IN-STORE PACKAGING 02:26:16 - "MODERN" MILK PACKAGED ON ASSEMBLY LINE. HOMOGENIZED. 02:26:32 - LETTUCE BEING PICKED & PACKAGED RIGHT IN THE FIELD 02:26:39 - MANUFACTURING PLANT MONTAGE. EGGS ON ASSEMBLY LINE. LOAVES OF BREAD. MEAT PROCESSED INTO GROUND MEAT. GROUND BEEF. COTTAGE CHEESE. PACKAGING MEAT, CUTS OF BEEF. WATERMELON WRAPPED. PUT INTO DISPLAY. PLASTIC WRAP 02:27:26 - FARMING. TRACTOR. HARVESTING. CUTTING CARROT TOPS OFF CARROTS. CARROTS WASHED & PACKAGED. BOXES SHIPPED OUT. POV OF CONVEYOR BELT. CRATES OF VEGETABLES. 02:28:21 - PACKAGING ONLY THE USEFUL PARTS OF VEGETABLES. IN THE FIELD. LEAFY GREENS. LETTUCE. OR CAULIFLOWER 02:28:44 - BOXES LOADED IN VACUUM COOLER. CU BUTTONS AND GAUGES. 02:29:08 - WAREHOUSE, WORKERS PACKAGING CAULIFLOWER. 02:29:23 - MEN PICKING STRAWBERRIES. BOXES OF BERRIES. PACKAGING IN THE FIELD. 02:29:43 - FRUIT AT SUPERMARKET. WOMAN SPILLS STRAWBERRIES. THEY FALL ON THE FLOOR. SHOPPING CART RUNS OVER THEM. RETAILER FAILS TO COVER BOXES OF STRAWBERRIES. WOMAN EATS STRAWBERRIES IN STORE. SNEAKY. DISHONEST. WOMAN ADDS MORE BERRIES TO HER CARTON. PILFERING 02:30:20 - STRAWBERRIES BEING PACKAGED IN SUPERMARKET. 02:30:30 - EGGS LIT FROM UNDERNEATH. PACKAGING EGGS. 02:31:02 - MEAT PACKAGED. BUTCHERS CUTTING MEAT. CUTTING FAT OFF MEAT. SLABS OF CUT MEAT. 02:31:40 - POULTRY INSPECTOR. CHICKEN HANGING ON HOOKS GOING PAST. CLEANING CHICKENS. PACKAGED CHICKEN. FLASH FREEZING. YOUNG CHICKEN PARTS. ROCK CORNISH GAME HEN. 02:32:55 - PURPLE GRAPES ON THE VINE. CARTONS OF GRAPES. 02 33 06 CU BOXES OF PEACHES. 02:33:17 - WRAPPING UP PEARS, CAULIFLOWER OR LETTUCE 02:33:36 - CU SWISS CHEESE. STOP MOTION ANIMATION OF CHEESE BEING WRAPPED. 02:33:59 - SQUARE HAMBURGERS ON AUTOMATED MACHINE. 02:34:04 - GROCER ARRANGES MEAT IN DISPLAY CASE. DISPLAY SET UP. WOMAN UNPACKS BACON. 02:34:18 - HOUSEWIFE SHOPS IN SUPERMARKET. 02:34:43 - CU WRAPPED APPLES 02:34:48 - APPLE ORCHARD. APPLES ON TREES. INSPECTOR CHECKS OUT APPLES. 02:35:02 - APPLES ON ASSEMBLY LINE BEING PACKAGED, LOADED ONTO TRUCK 02:35:22 - TRACTOR TRAILER ON HIGHWAY. 02:35:26 - APRON CLAD GROCER PULLS PALLET JACK WITH SUNKIST ORANGE CRATES 02:35:34 - MAN ASKING CONSUMERS IN SUPERMARKET QUESTIONS. SURVEY TAKER. PUBLIC OPINION POLL 02:35:54 - RESEARCH & TESTING. SCIENTIST. TEST TUBES AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 02:36:05 - BOARD MEETING. MEN LOOKING AT BAGS OF APPLES. PACKAGING. 02:36:32 - CU LITTLE GIRL EATING APPLE. SITTING IN SUPERMARKET SHOPPING CART. 02:36:40 - PEOPLE SHOPPING IN WELL STOCKED SUPERMARKET. CIRCA 1966 02:37:03 - WOMAN WITH 1960s FLIP HAIR STYLE UNLOADS PAPER BAG OF GROCERIES IN KITCHEN. WITH HER MOTHER OR MAID. 1960s HOUSEWIFE UNPACKS FOOD. 02:37:20 - CU NOTE IN KITCHEN: "REMEMBERS BOBBY'S BIRTHDAY" 02:37:23 - HOUSEWIFE MAKING CAKE WITH ELECTRIC MIXER. MODERN CONVENIENCES. 02:37:30 - CU BIRTHDAY CAKE, LITTLE BOY BLOWS OUT CANDLES. HAPPY HOUSEWIFE. 02:37:39 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: V-4907