- Title: PA-28
- Summary: FORTUNE IN TWO OLS TRUNKS PT I & II: AGRICULTURE, FOOD INDUSTRY, PRUNES. CALIFORNIA, AGRICULTURE HARVEST, GOLD, MINERS. THE ORIGIN OF CALIFORNIA'S PRUNE (NOW OFFICIALLY CALLED DRY PLUM) INDUSTRY. MS TWO OLD BATTERED TRUNKS AND OTHER ITEMS IN OLD SHED.
- Description:01:00:18 - LS TOMBSTONE IN OLD PRIVATE CEMETERY SURROUNDED BY PICKET FENCE IN FIELD IN CALIFORNIA, CU WRITTEN ON GRAVE STONE, LYING FLAT AMID OTHERS, CU "IN MEMORY OF. "LOUIS PELLIER ....", "BORN, FRANCE, 1817, DIED 1872. 01:01:17 - PANORAMIC VIEW OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY FROM HILL NEAR GRAVE. 01:01:40 - MS VARIOUS SHOTS FRUIT ORCHARDS IN SPRING, WITH TREES IN FULL BLOOM, STRETCH OUT FROM SAN JOSE, AS FAR AS EYE COULD SEE. CU COLORFUL WHITE BLOSSOMS ON TREE BRANCHES. 01:02:09 - LS VARIOUS SHOTS OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY CIRCA 1951. 01:02:18 - CATTLE GRAZING IN FIELD. 01:02:28 - MS RE-ENACTMENT EARLY SETTLER HAND HOEING THE SOIL 01:02:31 - MLS CATHOLIC MONK FILLING PAIL OF WATER FROM WELL, COVERED WAGON, CHAPEL IN B/G. YEAR 1848 01:02:39 - TWO MEN RUN UP TO MONK AS HE WALKS WITH PAIL, EXCITEDLY TELL HIM THAT GOLD WAS DISCOVERED UP TO THE NORTH. VOICE OVER "GOLD IN THE EARTH OF CALIFORNIA". MS MONK WATCH THE TWO MEN HURRIEDLY RUN OFF, MS MONK SHAKES HIS HEAD, TURNS, GOES ABOUT HIS BUSINESS.. 01:03:07 - TWO PROSPECTORS CHOPPING INTO ROCKS ON HILL WITH PICK AXES UNTIL ONE DISCOVERS GOLD IN ROCK SAMPLE. CU SAMPLE IN MAN'S HAND, 01:03:30 - MAN READS NEWSPAPER HEADLINE, "GOLD IN CALIFORNIA". 01:03:38 - MS BUSINESS MEN AT MEETING CIRCA 1840S DRESS, EXCITEDLY DISCUSSING DISCOVERY, RAISE FROM SEATS, RUSH OUT OF ROOM, 01:03:43 - MS BARBER, CIRCA 1840S, BRUSHING LATHER ON CUSTOMER'S FACE AS HE LIES BACK IN BARBER CHAIR. CU MAN RUNS INTO BARBER SHOP, GOES FACE TO FACE WITH MAN IN CHAIR, STILL HAVING LATHER ON HIS FACE, TELLS HIM ABOUT GOLD DISCOVERY.. 01:03:49 - CUSTOMER JUMPS OUT OF CHAIR, FLINGS CLOTH OFF HIS CHEST, RUNS OUT OF BARBER SHOP WITH LATHER STILL WAITING CUSTOMER AND BARBER WATCH. BARBER AFTER SOME THOUGHT, BRUSH AND LATHER CUP IN HAND, SLAMS DOWN CUP AND BRUSH ONTO COUNTER, RUNS OUT, LEAVING CUSTOMER READING NEWSPAPER, WHO JUMPS UP, SCRATCHES HIS HEAD IN WONDER. 01:04:13 - CU HAND TAPPING OUT MORSE CODE MESSAGE, SUPER-IMPOSED ONTO MAP OF U. S. AS WORD GETS OUT OF GOLD DISCOVERY. ZOOM IN MAP OF NORTH AMERICA, SAN FRANCISCO. 01:04:42 - CU FEET OF PIONEERS WALKING ACROSS PRAIRIE. CU ANIMATED MAP SHOWING ROUTES PEOPLE TOOK ACROSS AMERICA, AND BY SHIP AROUND THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA . TO CALIFORNIA, DURING GOLD RUSH 01:05:15 - MLS OLD GALLEON RIDING THE SEAS, AS SOME TOOK THE LONG ROUTE AROUND THE HORN OF SOUTH AMERICA TO GET TO CALIFORNIA, 01:05:30 - RE-ENACTMENT WANDERER LOUIS PELLIER, AS HE TRIES TO SELL LACE MATERIAL TO SENORITA AND HUSBAND IN SOUTH AMERICA. (1840S) ethnic costume. 01:05:47 - MS PELLIER ON BOARD SHIP TO CALIFORNIA AND GOLD. 01:05:57 - PAINTING OF HILLS AND SIGN "SAN FRANCISCO 1849". 01:06:02 - CU HANDS OF GAMBLERS, CARDS AND CHIPS, WHISKEY GLASSES ON TABLE. MAN SLAMS HIS FIST ON TABLE AND ALL THROW IN THEIR CARDS. (GOOD) gambling, poker 01:06:11 - CU MAN POURS GOLD DUST OUT OF SMALL POUCH INTO PALM OF HAND, GOOD SHOT 01:06:14 - MAN'S ARM GARTER AROUND HIS SHIRT SLEEVE. REACHES ACROSS DICE TABLE TO PLACE BETS. PILES OF CHIPS IN FRONT OF "HOUSE" DEALER. AS DICE ARE FLIPPED IN BASKET, HANDS GRAB FOR CHIPS. GOOD SHOT casino. 01:06:26 - MS RE-ENACTMENT LOUIS PELLIER PANNING FOR GOLD IN STREAM, AMID SNOW COVERED GROUND. CU MAN FEELS FINE DUST IN PAN, THROWS IT DOWN IN FRUSTRATION,. STANDS, THROWS PAN TO THE GROUND AS HE DECIDES THIS IS NOT FOR HIM... 01:07:21 - MS MAN THROWS HIS SHOVEL TO GROUND IN DISGUST CU SHOVEL ON SNOW COVERED GROUND. 01:07:34 - CU SHOVEL ON GROUND IS PICKED UP BY "FARMER" LOUIS PELLIER IN OVERALLS, AS HE USES IT TO TURN UP SOIL IN FARM. LIKE HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM HE TURNS ONCE MORE TO THE SOIL. 01:08:08 - 00 AS PELLIER KNEELS ON GROUND WITH PLANTING SEEDS SMALL BOY AND GIRL RUN TO HIM, GIVE POUCH OF FRUIT SEEDS THEY COLLECTED IN WOODS. PELLIER GIVES EACH A COIN FOR THEIR EFFORT. 01:08:42 - CU HAND OF PELLIER AND BROTHER SHAKING GOODBYE AS BROTHER LEAVES FOR FRANCE TO FIND BRIDE. BROTHER CLIMBS INTO STAGECOACH, LOUIS HANDS HIM A LIST OF THINGS TO BRING BACK FROM FRANCE INCLUDING PLANTS AND FRUIT TREES. STAGE COACH TAKES OFF, PELLIER BACK TO CAMERA, WAVES GOODBYE. 01:09:14 - CU LEGS OF TEAM OF HORSES GALLOPING AND WHEELS OF STAGECOACH ROLLING BY. 01:09:20 - CU CRUDE SIGN AT END OF POLE, "PELLIER'S GARDENS". PELLIER WALKS OUT TO ROAD TAKES OFF HAT, WIPES BROW AS HE WAITS FOR RETURN OF BROTHER. 01:09:51 - LS STAGE COACH AND HORSES GALLOPING DOWN ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA, STOPS PELLIER RUNS OUT AS BROTHER EXITS STAGE COACH, FOLLOWED BY BROTHER'S NEW BRIDE. BOTH WELL DRESSED IN LATEST CIRCA 1856 CLOTHING. 01:10:25 - PELLIER RUNS TO BACK OF STAGECOACH TO GET TWO TRUNKS FULL OF PLANTS FROM FRANCE. 01:10:33 - MS PELLIER TENDERLY TAKES TWIG, CLEVERLY IMBEDDED IN POTATO TO KEEP IT MOIST, OUT OF TRUNK LYING ON GROUND, TAKES IT TO ONE OF SMALL YOUNG PLUM TREES IN HIS ORCHARD, CU CUTS ENTIRE TOP HALF OFF TREE, GRAFTS ROOT STOCK (TWIG) TO REMAINING HALF OF PLUM TREE, THEREBY GRAFTING THE LIFE OF ONE TREE TO LIFE OF ANOTHER. CU SKILLED HANDS MAKING GRAFT. 01:12:21 - CU COMPLETED GRAFT. FROM THIS HUMBLE BEGINNING HAS GROWN THE PLUM INDUSTRY AS WE KNOW IT 01:12:26 - MS VARIOUS SHOTS NEAT ROWS OF PRUNE TREES FULL WITH WHITE, PINK BLOSSOMS..CU FLOWERING BRANCHES. 01:12:47 - FARMER ON TRACTOR PULLS SPECIAL ROLLERS, CUTTERS AS HE CUTS "COVER CROPS", GROWING AROUND, UNDER TREES, THUS ADDING NATURAL RICHNESS TO SOIL AND FEEDING THE TREES. IN ADDITION, COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS ARE ALSO USED, 01:13:12 - NUMEROUS HOSE LINES SUCK UP WATER FROM STREAM TO IRRIGATE, WATER, THE TREES 01:13:15 - LS WORKER DIGS NUMEROUS IRRIGATION DITCHES BETWEEN ROWS OF TREES. 01:13:25 - WORKER CONNECTS SECTIONS OF PIPES TO MAIN WATER SUPPLY TO SURFACE IRRIGATE THE TREES. 01:13:33 - LS LONG PIPE WITH NUMEROUS SPRINKLERS WATERING TREES IS EXAMPLE OF SURFACE IRRIGATION. PART II 01:13:50 - MS FARMER ON TRACTOR RIDES R TO L BETWEEN ROWS OF TREES. CU ZOOM IN ON SPECIAL ROLLER WITH TEETH, BEING PULLED OVER SOIL BY TRACTOR, UNTIL THE SOIL IS PULVERIZED INTO FINE CUSHION, TO ACT AS SHOCK ABSORBER WHEN FULL RIPE FRUIT DROPS FROM TREE. ALONG ROWS OF TREES IN ORCHARD. 01:14:13 - MS TREES FULL OF FRUIT AT HARVEST TIME. CU SAME. LS YOUNG MALE, FEMALE, WORKERS FILL PAILS WITH PRUNES PICKED OFF GROUND, DUMP PAILS INTO PACKING CRATES. , migrant workers. fruit pickers. 01:14:45 - GOOD SHOT DRIVER FORK LIFT TAKING PALATE FULL OF PRUNE CRATES, PLACING IT NEAR CONVEYOR, WHERE WORKERS PLACE EACH CRATE ONTO CONVEYOR GOING INTO PLANT FOR WASHING. 01:15:00 - BINS FULL OF PRUNES BEING GIVEN WATER BATH, THEN AUTOMATICALLY PLACED ON TRAYS, AUTOMATICALLY STACKED PRIOR TO BEING PLACED INTO DE-HYDRATOR FOR CURING PROCESS. WHEN MOISTURE IS REMOVED AND THEY ARE PROPERLY DRIED, THEN THEY ARE PRUNES. 01:15:38 - MLS TILT DOWN MANY ROWS OF PRUNES ON FLAT TRAYS STACKED HIGH.. 01:15:52 - LS WORKER ROLLS STACKS OF TRAYS INTO DE-HYDRATOR. CU JET OF BLUE FLAME USED IN DE-HYDRATOR FOR DRYING. 01:16:12 - WORKER BACKS OUT OF DE-HYDRATOR ROOM WITH STACK OF TRAYS. MS TWO WORKERS DUMP TRAYS FROM CONVEYOR INTO LARGE BIN. 01:16:32 - FORK LIFT TAKES LARGE WOODEN BIN PRUNES MARKED "SUNSWEET"PLACES THEM ON TWIN FLAT BED TRUCK FOR SHIPPING TO PACKING HOUSE. 01:16:56 - CU GOOD SHOT TRUCK WITH TWIN FLAT BEDS TOWARDS CAMERA AND R TO L. 01:17:01 - LS FORK LIFT TAKES BIN OF PRUNES OFF TWIN FLAT BED TRUCK, INTO PACKING HOUSE WHERE EACH BIN IS WEIGHED. FORKLIFT TAKES BIN, PLACES INTO SHAKER. 01:17:28 - PRUNES BEING SHAKEN ON CONVEYOR BELT. PRUNES PASS THROUGH VARIOUS MACHINES AND DROPPED INTO A GRADER WHICH GRADES THEM BY SIZE AUTOMATICALLY. 01:18:08 - FEMALE OPERATOR WITH NURSE HAT WEIGHS SAMPLE LOTS OF PRUNES, COUNTS NUMBER OF PRUNES PER POUND. 01:18:25 - LS LONG ROW OF BINS EACH CONTAINING PRUNES OF THE SAME SIZE. 01:18:32 - LS FORKLIFT TRUCK PLACES BIN OF PRUNES ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF SHELVES, WHERE THEY STAY UNTIL PROCESSING AND PACKING. 01:18:40 - MS WORKER ON LADDER USES LARGE CUTTER TO PRUNE BRANCHES OFF DORMANT TREES UN THE ORCHARD. CU SAME 01:19:10 - WORKERS WEARING RAIN GEAR USE HIGH PRESSURE HOSES, MACHINERY, TO SPRAY TREES FOR FUNGUS CONTROL. . insect control 01:19:38 - HUGE BIZARRE LOOKING, JET ENGINE LIKE ROTARY SPRAYER, ON TRUCK. RIDES BETWEEN ROWS OF TREES IN ORCHARD SPRAYING FUNGICIDE WITH MULTIPLE JET STREAMS. 01:20:07 - ABOVE WOMEN WORKERS AT NUMEROUS CONVEYOR BELTS SORTING PRUNES FROM BOTH SIDES OF CONVEYORS. CU SAME. HUGE ROTATING TUB WASHING PRUNES. 01:20:38 - MS WORKER WITH CHECKING GAUGES ON MACHINERY, JOTS DOWN FIGURES. 01:20:49 - SHAKING MACHINE STERILIZES, WASHES PRUNES WITH HOT WATER, 01:21:02 - WOMEN WEARING RED RUBBER GLOVES (LOOK LIKE NURSES) ON BOTH SIDES OF CONVEYOR INSPECTING PRUNES FOR FINAL TIME. PRUNES DROPPING INTO CHUTE. 01:21:23 - VARIOUS VIEWS NURSES AND SCIENTIST IN LAB, WHERE FRUIT IS CHECKED CU HAND SHAKES BEAKER OF FLUID. 01:21:57 - AUTOMATIC MACHINES OPEN, SHAPE AND LINE CARTONS. SEND THEM ON IN A CONTINUING LINE.. CARTONS ON ENDLESS BELT BEING PICKED AUTOMATICALLY WITH HOT, SMOKING, PRUNES.. 01:22:29 - LONG LINE FEMALE WORKERS ONE BEHIND THE OTHER WEIGHING BOXES OF PRUNES ON SCALES, ADD OR REMOVE PRUNES FROM BOXES, ASSEMBLY LINE FASHION, MCU SAME. 01:22:46 - MS AS CARTON MOVES ALONG THE FRUIT IS GENTLY PRESSED DOWN BY MACHINE. OTHER MACHINES CLOSE AND SEAL TOPS. FOIL WRAPPER IS APPLIED AND SEALED AUTOMATICALLY. MS FINISHED BOXES WITH BRAND NAME MOVE ON CONVEYOR WHERE THEY ARE PACKED IN CARTONS 01:23:20 - ABOVE VIEW WORKER FILLING, SEALING CARTON READY FOR SHIPPING. 01:23:36 - LS FORKLIFT LOADS CARTONS OF PRUNES ON TRAILER TRUCK. MS SAME. LS TRAILER TRUCK RIDING BY WAREHOUSE WITH SIGN ON ROOF, "SUNSWEET". 01:23:46 - SIGNAL MAN DIRECTS LONG STRING OF RAILROAD BOXCARS GOING L TO R. LS LOAD OF "SUNSWEET" PRUNES BEING LIFTED ONTO SHIP FOR SHIPMENT THROUGHOUT WORLD. - GOOD SHOT. 01:23:59 - MS ELDERLY MAN, WIFE IN KITCHEN EATING PRUNES FOR BREAKFAST TO CONTROL REGULARITY. health, fitness. 01:24:07 - MS YOUNG BUSINESSMAN WITH BRIEFCASE UNDER ARM, SPRINTS ENERGETICALLY INTO BANK. 01:24:12 - MS TEEN AGE BOY AND GIRL WASHING FAMILY CAR CIRCA 1950S. 01:24:18 - MS YOUNG COWBOY ON HORSE GALLOPS TO WIRE FENCE AT HOME, TIES UP TO POST. 01:24:27 - CU LITTLE BOY TAKES SPOONFUL OF PRUNES, SMILES BROADLY. 01:24:35 - CU IRIS SHOT HAND POURING MILK, THEN DASH OF LEMON ON BOWL OF PRUNES, TOAST AND BUTTER, CUP OF COFFEE ON SIDE. AS VOICE OVER DESCRIBES IT AS AN "AMERICAN BREAKFAST". 01:24:44 - CU DISH WITH MEAT SURROUNDED WITH PRUNES, BOWL OF PRUNES ON SIDE. VARIOUS SHOTS OF OTHER PRUNE DESSERTS INCLUDING "SEVEN DAY PRUNE CAKE".. 01:25:57 - RE-ENACTMENT LOUIS PELLIER ENTERING SHED, RUBBING HIS HAND ON ONE OF HIS DUSTY TRUNKS, UNLOCKING, OPENING THEM. ZOOM IN ON INSIDE OF EMPTY TRUNK. WHICH MAGICALLY BECOMES FULL WITH SUNSWEET PRUNES. 01:27:11 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-28