- Title: VM-108A
- Summary: THE SUGAR MILL (O ENGENHO): FOCUSES ON THE TRADITIONAL METHODS OF SUGAR CANE HARVESTING & SUGAR PRODUCTION STILL EMPLOYED IN THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST. SHOWS THE WORK DONE BY THE FACTORY OWNER, HIS FAMILY, & SOMETIMES ONE OR TWO HIRED HANDS IN MANUFACTURING SUGAR. SUGAR INDUSTRY. PRODUCTION PROCESS OF SUGAR IN THE FORM OF BRICKS.
- Description:00:19:39 - CU MAN IN TORN, RAGGED CLOTHES CUTTING DOWN SUGER CANE STALKS WITH PRIMITIVE TYPE TOOL. 00:20:11 - SUGAR CANE CULTIVATION IN BRAZIL. PANS CROP LAND, MEN HARVESTING, PUTTING CUT STALKS ON DONKEY-MULE-BURRO. 00:20:59 - HUGE LOAD OF CUT CANE ON DONKEY'S BACK, JOINS CONVOY OF DONKEY'S 00:22:00 - TWO MEN CARRY HUGE LOAD OF STALKS ON PRIMITIVE WOODEN STRETCHER, UNLOAD AT REMOTE SUAGR MILL. 00:22:15 - PANS WALL OF UNREFINED SUGAR IN THE FORM OF BRICKS, RAPADURA 00:22:30 - MEN PUT STALKS OF SUGARCANE INTO GRINDING MACHINE 00:22:56 - BIG POT OF BOILED DOWN CANE SYRUP-SUGER BEING STIRRED. 00:23:00 - SPENT STALKS THROWN OUTSIDE, WORKER SHOVELS ONTO BIG PILE 00:23:14 - CANE FIBER CAST OFF BY GRINDER FEEDS FURNACE. PANS TO BOILER HOUSE. SYRUPY CANE BEING BOILED 00:23:42 - SUGAR CANE WORKER PULLS DOWN HUGE LOAD OF SPENT CANE FIBER FROM TRUCK 00:23:48 - WORKER LEADS WORK HORSE PULLING CANE FIBER WITH ROPES 00:24:02 - CU SYRUPY CANE BEING BOILED DOWN, POURED, STIRRED COOKED. BOILER WORKER USES SKIMMER TO DRAIN IMPURITIES FROM SYRUP. 00:25:14 - BOILER WORKER STIRS WHITE MIX, THROWS INTO CALDRON OF MOLASSES. 00:25:28 - PANS BOILER ROOM & WORKERS. COOL BUBBLY SOUND 00:26:02 - CU TWO WORKERS PICK UP BIG CALDRON FROM FIRE, POUR INTO MASSIVE CALDRON, STIR 00:26:24 - HIGH SHOT, WORKER STIRRING HUGE VAT OF MOLASSES 00:27:48 - WORKER POURS COOLED, PASTY DOUGH OF MOLASSES INTO PURIFYING MOLDS. FLATTENS DOWN. PRIMITIVE PROCESS- TOOLS. 00:27:50 - WORKER FILLS WICKER BASKET WITH "BRICKS" OF SUGAR TO TAKE TO MARKET. 00:27:58 - OUTDOOR MARKET. PANS ROWS & ROWS OF BRICKS OF SUGAR- MOLASSES 00:28:20 - MAN BRUSHES OFF WARES AT MARKET.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-108A