- Title: F-5049
- Summary: THE STORY OF TWINE: PRESENTS THE STORY OF BINDER TWINE FROM THE SISAL PLANTATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES, THROUGH THE PROCESSING FACTORIES TO DELIVERY ON THE FARM . MANUFACTURING. AGRICULTURE. TRACTOR PLOWING FIELDS. AGRICULTURE. CORN PICKING MACHINE. THRASHER. HERD OF SHEEP. COTTON CROP. PHILIPPINE TREES. MANILA FIBER. PULLING TREE TRUNKS. ASSEMBLY LINES. EXOTIC PLANTS. HAY BAILER. BALES OF TWINE. WE NEED BAILER TWINE TO BAIL THE HAY TO FEED THE CATTLE SO WE CAN EAT. HAITI AERIAL. BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. PORT-AU-PRINCE. LOCAL FOLKS CARRYING BASKETS AND BUNDLES ON THEIR HEADS. BLACK BOY. PLANTATIONS. PLANE PROPELLER. AMERICAN FACTORY. LONG, STRONG LEAVES ADN FIBERS. LIME STORE. SOIL. SHELLS ARE PART OF THE SOIL. HANDFUL OF DIRT. RELATED TO YECCA PLANT. MULCHING. PLANTING NEW PLANTS. LINE OF WORKERS. WEEDS CHOPPED WITH HOE. CULTIVATION. MEELY BUGS. PLANTS SPRAYED WITH INSECTICIDE. BLUE SKY WITH WHITE CLOUDS. MANY MEN PUSH TRUCK. STUCK IN MUD. CU FIRE IN MUD. MEASURING LEAVES WITH TAPE MEASURE. CHOPPING OFF LEAVES. TIED INTO BUNDLES. WORKERS EATING NATIVE BREAD. GRASS HUTS. TRAIN SHIPS BUNDLES TO PROCESSING. HUGE WHEELS AND GEARS TURN. SCRAP PULP. SPUN DRY. WOMEN BEAT FIBERS. SPINNING. STEAM OVENS DRY THEM. COMPRESSED INTO COMPACT BALES. SHAKEN OUT. FLUFFED. GOOD FOR STUFFING. WHITE LIQUID. BY-PRODUCT. MEN IN BOAT. SWIM IN SWIMMING POOL, PLAY BASEBALL. WORKERS LINE UP TO GET PAID. PLANTATION CENTER. WORKERS TREATED WELL. BOY WITH THE MUMPS. PEOPLE WAIT OUTSIDE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. TROPICAL. OPEN-AIR MARKET. LOCAL VILLAGES. BALES LOADED ON BOATS AT DOCK. CARIBBEAN. SHIP. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. TWINE MILLS. HNUGE TRAIN OF BALES. SCIENCE LAB. BEAKERS. MICROSCOPE. QUALITY TESTED. COMPARING THICKNESS. WOMAN TESTS STRENGTH ON SCALE. FACE OF SCALE, POINTER KEEPS GOING. TESTING DIAMETER. PLIABLE. CU INDIVIDUAL FIBERS. BLENDING FIBERS IN FACTORY. SKEINS OF FIBER. DIAL HANDS. RUGGED OLD MAN WORKER. OIL DRIPPED ON. COMBS SEPARATE AND SMOOTH FIBERS. LOOKS LIKE PILE OF BLONDE HAIR. WEIGHED. CHART FILLED IN. PRODUCTION LINE. RAPUNZEL. SPIKES POP OUT OF FIBERS. SPUN INTO TWINE. FED INTO SPINNING MACHINES. TWINE PUT ONTO ROLLS. TOLEDO SCALE. PACKAGED. MEN INTERDEPENDANT ON OTHER MEN. FEEDING CATTLE HAY. CUTS STRIPS APART, CATTLE EAT.
- Description:01:11:39 - PRESENTS THE STORY OF BINDER TWINE FROM THE SISAL PLANTATIONS IN THE WEST INDIES, TWINE PROCESSING FACTORIES TO DELIVERY ON THE FARM, TWINE PRODUCTION, MAKING TWINE, MANUFACTURING, AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY, FARMING, BUCOLIC 01:11:46 - TRACTOR PLOWING FIELDS, CORN PICKING MACHINE, THRASHER, FARM EQUIPMENT, TRACTOR MOVING TOWARD CAMERA, FARMERS WORKING 01:12:19 - WS HERD OF SHEEP, NICE COUNTRY LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND, LIVESTOCK, 01:12:33 - COTTON CROP, COTTON PICKING MACHINE, CU COTTON PLANTS 01:12:48 - TREES IN THE PHILIPPINES, CUTTING DOWN TREES, 01:12:54 - ASSEMBLY LINE WORKING WITH TREE FIBER, INDUSTRY WORKING WITH TREE PARTS, RAW MATERIAL FOR MAKING TWINE 01:12:59 - TRACTOR PULLING CUT TREE TRUNKS THROUGH FOREST, FOREST INDUSTRY 01:13:15 - SISAL PLANTS, SISALANA FARM, BLACK MAN WORKING WITH SISAL PLANTS 01:13:25 - MAKING BAILER TWINE, BLACK WORKER, BEATING TWINE, WORKING WITH RAW TWINE MATERIAL, EARLY TWINE MAKING PROCESS 01:13:32 - IMPORTANCE AND USES OF BALER TWINE, HAY IS A UNIVERSAL CROP, WE NEED BALER TWINE TO FEED CATTLE, HAY BALER, 01:13:55 - BENEFITS OF QUALITY BALER TWINE, MAN UNPACKING BALER TWINE AND LOADING IT INTO HAY BALER MECHANISM 01:14:07 - CU HAY BALER MECHANISM, WS HAY BALER, FARMERS AT WORK 01:14:38 - VIEW OF PLANE PROPELLER FROM PLANE 01:14:42 - AERIAL VIEW OF HAITI COAST, TROPICAL LANDSCAPE, EWS HAITI, FOGGY MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE, CU TROPICAL WILDFLOWERS, AERIAL VIEW OF FARMS ON COAST OF HAITI 01:15:04 - WS PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITIAN STREET SCENES, HAITIAN PEOPLE CARRYING BASKETS AND BUNDLES ON THEIR HEADS, SAILBOATS IN HARBOR, CU BLACK BOY 01:15:38 - HAITIAN PLANTATIONS, SISAL PLANTS, RIDING HORSE THROUGH HAITIAN COUNTRYSIDE 01:15:44 - 01:15:49 - 01:15:56 - AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE HAITIAN PLANTATION 01:16:19 - WS SISAL PLANTS, SISALANA FARM 01:16:34 - 01:16:38 - MAN INSPECTING SOIL, HAITIAN SOIL, LIMESTONE SEDIMENT, CU SEASHELLS IN SOIL, CU HANDFUL OF DIRT, CU SOIL GOOD FOR FARMING 01:16:49 - 01:16:54 - 01:16:58 - CU SISAL PLANTS, SISALANA, BOTANICAL FACTS, RELATED TO YUCCA AND AGAVE, CU LONG STRONG SISAL LEAVES AND FIBERS, 01:17:03 - 01:17:11 - 01:17:22 - 01:17:29 - CU MULCHING, SIMPLE MULCHING MACHINE 01:17:40 - DONKEY, BURRO CARRYING YOUNG SISAL PLANTS TO BE REPLANTED, FARM WORKERS, CU PLANTING SISAL PLANTS 01:18:08 - INSPECTING MATURE SISAL PLANTS, WEEDING PLANTATION, WEEDS CHOPPED WITH HOE 01:18:22 - SMALL AIRPLANE PREPARES TO LIFT OFF, AERIAL VIEW OF PLANTATION FROM AIRPLANE 01:18:29 - 01:18:34 - WS TRACTOR WORKING FIELD, PLANTATION WORKERS, 01:18:39 - 01:18:49 - INSPECTING SISAL PLANTS, CU INSECTS ON CROPS, APPLYING PESTICIDES TO CROPS 01:18:59 - 01:19:08 - SISALANA CROPS, BLUE SKY WITH FLUFFY CLOUDS 01:19:16 - MEN TRYING TO PUSH CAR OUT OF MUD, CU TIRES STUCK IN MUD 01:19:26 - WS PLANTATION WITH MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND 01:19:40 - CU MEASURING TAPE, MEASURING LEAVES, PLANTATION WORKERS WITH BURROS, CU SISAL LEAVES BEING TRIMMED, SISALANA HARVEST, SISAL LEAVES TIED INTO BUNDLES 01:19:43 - 01:20:12 - HAITIAN PLANTATION WORKERS LUNCH BREAK, CU HAITIAN FOOD, CU RICE, YAMS, NATIVE BREAD 01:20:31 - DELIVERING BUNDLED SISALANA PLANTS TO FACTORY FOR PROCESSING, CU BLADE FOR PROCESSING PLANT FIBER, CU INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, UNLOADING PLANT FIBER TO BE PROCESSED 01:21:47 - WOMEN WORKING IN TWINE FACTORY, WORKING WITH RAW PLANT FIBER BY HAND 01:22:26 - MACHINE COMPRESSING BUNDLE OF PLANT FIBER 01:22:42 - WS WOMEN SIFTING THROUGH PLANT FIBER, WS TROUGHS OF TWINE BYPRODUCT, SAVING AND USING BYPRODUCTS OF MANUFACTURING 01:23:02 - FACTORY MACHINE, CU LIQUID LEFT OVER FROM TWINE PRODUCTION, FERTILIZING FIELDS WITH FACTORY BYPRODUCT 01:23:17 - HAITIAN VILLAGE STREETS, SAILBOAT, OUTDOOR POOL, PLANTATION WORKERS ON BREAK, PLANTATION WORKERS COLLECTING PAY, CU HAITIAN CURRENCY BEING EXCHANGED 01:23:59 - HAITIAN FAMILY WAITING OUTSIDE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, CU BOY WITH MUMPS 01:24:16 - PICTURESQUE HAITIAN VILLAGES, NICE TROPICAL VILLAGE SCENES, CHILDREN PLAYING IN STREETS 01:24:33 - BALES OF SISALANA ARE WHEELED ALONG DOCK, BALES OF TWINE MATERIAL ARE LOADED ONTO BOATS AND SHIPPED, CARIBBEAN SHIPPING HARBOR 01:24:48 - WS CARGO SHIP 01:25:04 - WS NEW ORLEANS, MISSISSIPPI HARBOR 01:25:23 - INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY NEW ORLEANS TWINE MILLS, WS TWINE MILL, INDUSTRY, FACTORY 01:25:37 - BALES OF FIBER BROUGHT TO WAREHOUSE 01:25:49 - LABORATORY, BEAKERS, MICROSCOPES, SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, STUDYING PLANT FIBER, STUDYING MATERIAL FOR TWINE, CU MAGNIFIED PLANT FIBER, WOMAN WEIGHING PLANT FIBER, SPOOLS OF TWINE, CU SCALE DIAL 01:27:00 - CU TESTING TWINE, PULLING TWINE THROUGH HOLE, HANDS STROKING PLANT FIBER, CU FRAYED END OF TWINE, INSPECTING TWINE QUALITY CONTROL 01:27:44 - CU MAGNIFIED PLANT FIBER UNDER MICROSCOPE, CU PLANT FIBER TWISTING TOGETHER, SHOWING HOW TWINE RETAINS STRENGTH 01:27:59 - TRACTOR PULLING BUNDLES OF TWINE 01:28:08 - TWINE FACTORY, TWINE PROCESSING MACHINES, MEN FEEDING LARGE SKEINS OF FIBER INTO MACHINE, RAW TINE MATERIAL LOOKS LIKE PILE OF LONG BLONDE HAIR 01:28:39 - CU DIAL OF TWINE PROCESSING MACHINE 01:30:17 - BLENDED PLANT FIBER BEING FED INTO MACHINE, CU TWINE PROCESSING IN FACTORY, CU PROCESSED PLANT FIBER SKEIN TO BE MADE INTO TWINE 01:31:54 - FACTORY WORKERS DRIVING VEHICLES THROUGH TWINE MILL, CU MACHINES MAKING TWINE, FINAL STEPS IN TWINE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, CU MAGNIFIED PLANT FIBER, CU TWINE STRETCHED TO SHOW HOW FIBERS LOCK TOGETHER 01:33:11 - 01:33:45 - 01:34:21 -
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-5049