- Title: F-9117
- Summary: GREECE: A STORY OF PROGRESS: GREECE, 1960s
- Description:00:48:23 - SCENIC SHOTS OF GREECE CIRCA 1965. ISLAND LANDSCAPES. MOUNTAINS. WATER'S EDGE. 00:48:52 - FISHERMEN IN SMALL BOATS ROW TO SHORE. CU FISH ON SCALE. WEIGHING FISH. 00:49:15 - ISLAND WIVES MENDING NETS ON BEACH OF VOLCANIC ASH 00:49:25 - PAN FROM BEACH TO BARREN HILLSIDES. ONCE FARMLAND 00:49:46 - CU CHAINED GOAT 00:49:56 - POV WALKING THROUGH FOREST 00:50:13 - FEMALE FARMER TILLS SOIL USING A HOE. ANCIENT METHODS OF FARMING. PRIMITIVE FARMING IMPLEMENTS 00:50:24 - ROCKY SOIL. CU LEAFY CROPS 00:50:44 - FARMER WORKS ON IRRIGATION SYSTEM. HAULING MUD OUT OF IRRIGATION STREAM. WATER FLOWS DOWNHILL. 00:51:11 - CHURCH BELL RINGS. GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH. VILLAGE PRIEST WALKS ON PATH 00:51:29 - FARM WORKERS PICKING TOMATOES. BASKETS OF RED RIPE TOMATOES. AGRICULTURE. WORKERS BENT OVER PICKING TOMATOES 00:52:08 - GRAPES. VINEYARDS. GREECE. USING GRAPES TO MAKE SULTANA, RAISINS. DONKEY CART 00:52:18 - CU POURING WINE TO DRINK WITH LUNCH 00:52:22 - DONKEY CART WITH BASKETS OF ORANGES. CITRUS FRUIT. FARMER LOADS FRUIT ONTO SHIP. SHIP'S HORN BLOWS SIGNALLING DEPARTURE. EXCITED BOY GETS TO GO ON BIG SHIP FOR FIRST TIME. 00:53:02 - TRAIN CROSSES SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER ISTHMUS OF CORINTH. CORINTH CANAL. 00:53:21 - LOOKING DOWN AT LARGE SHIP PASSING THROUGH CANAL 00:53:39 - SHIPPING PORT. PORT CITY OF ATHENS. WORKERS UNLOADING CARGO AND LOADING CARGO ONTO SHIPS. PERIUS ?SP 00:53:59 - SHIPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. AMERICAN SHIP "EAGLE VOYAGER" FROM WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. SHIP "TINNUM" FROM RENDSBURG. "UDINE" FROM VENEZIA. 00:54:15 - PERIUS ?SP. ATHENS PORT. CARGO SHIPS. CRATES OF PAPER. HUGE REELS OF ELECTRIC CABLE. BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. BULL DOZERS. IMPORT. EXPORT 00:54:32 - POV DRIVING PAST RUINS. 00:54:40 - URBAN LIFE. ATHENS CIRCA 1965. BUSY. CU FEET WALKING. TRAFFIC COP WITH WHISTLE. BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. OFFICES 00:55:14 - PAN ATHENS CITY 00:55:27 - ACROPOLIS. RUINS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. 00:55:43 - TOURISTS AT ANCIENT RUINS ACROPOLIS. PARTHENON. TEMPLES OF ATHENA. ANCIENT MONUMENTS. 00:56:25 - HEAVY TRUCKS PASSING OVER RUGGED MOUNTAIN RANGE. DUMP TRUCKS. PINDUS MOUNTAINS ?SP CU GREEK TRUCK DRIVERS. 00:56:45 - MAN-MADE WATERWAY. GIANT TURBINES. DAM. RIVER FLOWING. EARTH DAM. CONSTRUCTION. HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER. 00:57:47 - PLAINS. COMBINE HARVESTER. THRESHER. AGRICULTURE. SWAMP LANDS CONVERTED TO WHEAT FIELDS. GREEK FARMERS CIRCA 1960s. MODERN FARMING EQUIPMENT 00:58:40 - OLD GREEK FARMER SMOKES A CIGARETTE 00:58:49 - WOMEN BENT OVER PICKING HARVESTING WHEAT CROPS BY HAND. OLD WOMAN THRESHING GRAIN WITH HER FEET. ANCIENT FARMING TECHNIQUES STAMPING GRAIN WITH HER FEET 00:59:10 - SCENIC SHOTS OF GREECE FARMLAND 00:59:20 - POTATO FARMERS HARVEST POTATOES. PILES OF POTATOES. 00:59:28 - RICE FIELDS 00:59:33 - OLIVE FIELDS 00:59:36 - CU PLATE OF OLIVES ON DINNER TABLE 00:59:38 - OLD WOMAN SPINS COTTON 00:59:47 - GREEK FARMERS SMOKE CIGARETTES. MAN LIGHTS CIGARETTE FROM ANOTHER CIGARETTE. CU FARMER'S FACES 00:59:58 - ORIENTAL TOBACCO FIELDS BEING WATERED 01:00:08 - CU TOBACCO LEAVES GROWING 01:00:24 - LEAVES DRIED ON LONG WOODEN POLES. GOAT HERD PASSING BEHIND 01:00:39 - INDUSTRY. NORTHERN GREECE OIL REFINERY. WORKER TIGHTENS BOLTS WITH WRENCH. WORKERS CLIMBING STORAGE TANK STAIRS. BY-PRODUCTS PETROL CHEMICALS. CU HANDS TURNING PIPE INTO PLACE. WORKER SAWING WOOD. CU ATTACHING A PIPE FITTING A PIPE. 01:01:49 - MINERAL ORE MINE. MINERS PUSH CART OUT OF MINE ENTRANCE. 01:02:10 - FACTORY WITH CANDY-STRIPED PIPES. CHECKERBOARD BUILDING. INDUSTRY 01:02:40 - BULLDOZER PUSHES HUGE ROCK CHUNKS. ROAD CONSTRUCTION. BOULDERS PUSHED OFF SIDE OF CLIFF. BIG ROCKS FALLING DOWN HILLSIDE. 01:03:07 - MODERN BUS MAKES ITS WAY DOWN MOUNTAIN DIRT ROAD 01:03:20 - SHIP IN CITY HARBOR. SHIPPING. GREEK SHIPYARD. 01:03:43 - FIELDS WITH TRAIN IN BKGD. 01:04:02 - AIRPLANE TAKING OFF. JET. TRANSPORTATION. 01:04:16 - ATHENS AIRPORT. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. OLYMPIC AIRWAYS PLANE PREPARES FOR FLIGHT 01:04:41 - WOMAN RIDES A DONKEY SIDE-SADDLE THROUGH MOUNTAIN RANGE 01:04:59 - ACROPOLIS. ANCIENT RUINS. 01:05:00 - MONTAGE FACES OF GREECE. GREEKS. GREEK SOLDIERS. 01:05:20 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1965
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-9117