- Title: PA-37D
- Summary: JOURNEY TO BANANA LAND: UNITED FRUIT'S VISION OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND ITS BANANA BUSINESS. LATIN AMERICA, AGRICULTURE, BANANAS; GUATEMALA; MIDDLE AMERICA; VEGETABLE MARKET; COFFEE BEANS.
- Description:01:34:02 - "TRAVEL WITH US ON THE GREAT WHITE FLEET AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS IN MIDDLE AMERICA. SEE HOW THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEY GROW. FOLLOW THE BANANA RIGHT BACK TO YOUR OWN HOME". 01:34:20 - PAN BLUE WATERS OF CARIBBEAN SEA AS IT ROLLS INTO THE ROCKY SHORES. 01:34:36 - LS VIEW OF SHORE FROM SAILING SHIP BOW IN F/G. 01:34:45 - MS OFFICER IN WHITE UNIFORM ON BRIDGE OF SHIP PEERS AT SHORE THROUGH BINOCULARS. 01:34:54 - PAN DOWN MAP, FROM MEXICO, TO SOUTH AMERICA SHOWING SOME OF IMPORTANT COUNTRIES IN MIDDLE AMERICA (CENTRAL AMERICA) INCLUDING, MEXICO, GUATEMALA SALVADOR NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, HONDURAS, PANAMA, COLUMBIA. ISLANDS OF CUBA, JAMAICA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 01:35:12 - AERIAL VIEW SPRAWLING GUATEMALA CITY. AERIAL VIEW OF WELL LAID OUT, BEAUTIFULLY PLANNED STREETS AND PUBLIC SQUARES. BUILDINGS OF STRANGE CONTRASTS WITH OLD AND NEW SIDE BY SIDE, BECAUSE OF REBUILDING AFTER EARTHQUAKES. 01:35:46 - MS MODERN APARTMENT HOUSES AND QUAINT BUILDINGS WITH SPANISH MOTIF. 01:35:56 - STREET SCENE WITH NATIVE WOMAN CARRYING BASKETS ON HEAD, TOWARDS CAMERA, PEDESTRIANS CROSSING STREET, POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC STANDS UNDER BIG UMBRELLA., BUSES. MAN RIDING BIKE. MOUNTAIN RANGE IN B/G. 01:36:06 - MS NATIVE MAN WEARING SOMBRERO FOLLOWED BY BOY WITH STRAW HAT CARRYING PACKAGE ON BACK PASSING MODERN SHOE STORE. R TO L. BICYCLIST PASSING IN STREET IN F/G. BRISKLY WALKING MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT USING UMBRELLA AS CANE PASSES IN L TO R. OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 01:36:12 - MS WELL DRESSED MEN AND WOMEN IN WESTERN DRESS, EXITING LARGE CHURCH WITH PILLARS. MS YOUNG AND OLDER WOMAN PUT ON BLACK SCARVES BEFORE ENTERING CHURCH. YOUNG WELL-DRESSED WOMEN WALKING ABOUT. 01:36:40 - MS BOY WITH POPULAR LATIN-AMERICAN FROZEN ICES IN PAPER CUP. 01:36:47 - MLS NATIVE WOMEN FILL LARGE CERAMIC HOME-MADE JARS WITH WATER AT PUBLIC FOUNTAIN IN SQUARE, CARRY THEM AWAY ON THEIR HEADS. CU CU AME. 01:36:58 - ABOVE VIEW LARGE OUTDOOR MARKET. HILLS, FIELDS, IN B/G. VARIOUS CLOSER ABOVE VIEWS OF CROWDS NATIVES IN MARKET BUYING, SELLING PRODUCE. GOOD 01:37:15 - ABOVE VIEW NATIVE MERCHANTS, MOSTLY FARM, HILL, PEOPLE, SIT IN FRONT OF LARGE BASKETS CONTAINING PRODUCE. MS DARK SKINNED WOMAN WITH STRANGE HEADWEAR SEATED ON GROUND SELLING MELONS. 01:37:29 - WOMAN SEATED BEFORE BASKETS OF TOMATOES. CU SHE RUNS HER HANDS THROUGH BASKET FULL OF HOT PEPPERS. MS WOMAN PUTS POTATOES IN HAND-HELD SCALE TO WEIGHT THEM. 01:37:39 - MS TWO NATIVE INDIAN WOMEN AND CHILD SEATED ON GROUND, BACKS TO CAMERA. 01:37:42 - AERIAL VIEW MOUNTAINOUS HIGHLANDS, LAKE IN VALLEY BELOW. PICTURESQUE VIEW MAN CANOEING ON LAKE WITH ONE OF MANY VOLCANOS IN THE B/G. VILLAGE HOME IN JUNGLE AREA WITH PALM TREES, VOLCANO IN B/G. 01:37:55 - VARIOUS SIGHTS ON MOUNTAIN ROAD, INDIAN NATIVES WALK ALONG ROAD WITH THEIR BURROS LADEN WITH GOODS. ONE MAN CARRIES LARGE LOAD ON BACK PAPOOSE-STYLE. CU SAME. 01:38:09 - NATIVE MEN JOGGING SIDE BY SIDE CARRYING LONG WOOD PLANKS TIED TO THEIR BACKS. BURROW CARRYING HUGE LOAD OF FIREWOOD, FOLLOWED BY INDIAN MAN CARRYING BUNDLE OF BRANCHES. primitive culture 01:38:16 - INDIAN WOMAN CARRYING CHILD, FOLLOWED BY INDIAN MAN WITH TWO PIGS ON LEASH, FOLLOWED BY TWO MEN IN STRANGE HEADWEAR. 01:38:27 - OLD MAN WITH MACHETE IN HAND RUNS ALONG ROAD WITH PACK ON BACK, STRAW HAT. 01:38:37 - MLS WOMEN, girls, WASHING CLOTHING IN POOL AT PUBLIC SQUARE WHICH ACTS AS PUBLIC LAUNDRY. CU YOUNG GIRL AT POOL WRINGS OUT SKIRT, HOLDS IT BETWEEN LEGS AS SHE WALKS OUT OF POOL. HORSE, SPANISH STYLE BUILDING IN B/G 01:38:55 - MS INDIAN WOMAN WITH SEVERAL BEADED NECKLACES AROUND HER NECK COMBS LONG BLACK HAIR ON HER LITTLE DAUGHTER. THESE PEOPLE ARE DESCENTS OF ANCIENT MAYAN INDIANS. ethnic wear, culture 01:39:06 - CU PRETTY YOUNG GIRL, MAYAN DESCENDANT, WRAPS LAYERS OF THICK RIBBON ON HER HEAD TO FORM AN INTERESTING HEADWEAR. (ethnic costume MCU YOUNG MOTHER with child in arms pose for camera, unique headwear on both, ethnic mayan costume. 01:39:21 - MCU PRETTY, SMILING, YOUNG MAYA INDIAN GIRL POSES FOR CAMERA. WEARS MATCHING BEADS AND EARING. CU SAME. 01:39:32 - MCU YOUNG INDIAN GIRL POSES BY CORN CROP (MAIZE) LAKE, VOLCANO IN B/G. NATIVE FARMER WORKING IN CORN FIELD, THEIR PRINCIPLE CROP. 01:39:51 - INDIAN FARMER AND BOY DRIVES PAIR OF OXEN AS HE PLOWS FIELD INDIAN IS CONSIDERED RICH WHEN OWNING OXEN. 01:40:03 - MS COCOA TREES WITH LARGE PODS HANGING FROM THEM. COCOA BEAN GROWS IN PODS. CU FARMERS HANDS SLICING OPEN POD WITH MACHETE. DIGS OUT COCOA BEANS WITH FINGERS. 01:40:22 - VARIOUS VIEWS WORKERS SPREADING OUT COCOA BEANS ON LARGE TABLES TO DRY OUT. USE WOOD HOES TO SPREAD THEM. 01:40:39 - VARIOUS VIEWS YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS, MAYA DESCENDANTS, GATHERING COFFEE BEANS OFF TREES. CU CLUSTERS OF COFFEE BEAN ON TREES LOOK LIKE WILD BERRIES. CU YOUNG WOMAN PICKER POURS LARGE BASKET OF BEANS INTO LARGER BASKET BEING HELD BY ANOTHER GIRL. THIS GIRL POURS BASKET OF BEANS INTO MULE DRIVEN CART. 01:41:14 - VARIOUS SCENES NATIVE MEN WORKERS GUIDE THEIR OXEN DRAWN CARTS FROM ORCHID TO ENCLOSED DRYING PLANT. WHERE THEY WASH THEM AND SPREAD THEM OUT IN SUN TO DRY. 01:41:40 - WORKERS WITH LONG HOES PUSH SEEDS THROUGH LONG NARROW TROTH FOR WASHES AWAY THE OUTER PARCHMENT OF SEED. 01:41:56 - TWO WORKERS PHYSICALLY PULL WIDE PLOW-LIKE BOARD GUIDED BY ANOTHER WORKER. TO SPREAD SEEDS ALONG GROUND FOR DRYING. LS WORKER WITH RAKE TURNS OVER SEEDS FOR FURTHER DRYING. 01:42:07 - PAN LONG STREAM OF WATER FROM POWER HOSE SPRAYS WATER OVER BANANA TREES ON PLANTATION. LS VIEW SAME. CU SURFACE CANAL AROUND EDGE OF TREES IS ANOTHER WAY TO BRING NEEDED WATER TO BANANA TREES. 01:42:41 - PAN LARGE BANANA PLANTATION, HILLS IN B/G 01:42:48 - VARIOUS ANIMATED DRAWINGS OF MAPS TRACES ORIGIN BANANA PLANT, WHICH ORIGINATED IN SOUTHERN ASIA. VOICE OVER TELLS OF INTERESTING JOURNEY THROUGH ASIA, TO AFRICA, TO CANARY ISLANDS, IN 1516 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO THE WEST INDIES, AND FINALLY TO MIDDLE AMERICA. 01:43:31 - ZOOM IN MAP OF CENTRAL AMERICA, TO GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, SALVADOR, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, PANAMA. 01:43:38 - WORKER DIGS HOLE IN JUNGLE CLEARING AS ANOTHER PLACES HUGE BANANA TREE ROOT (LOOKS LIKE TREE STUMP) INTO HOLE. EACH ROOT HAS SEVERAL "EYES" LIKE POTATO. CU ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOW ROOT IS PLANTED AND SUBSEQUENT RE-GROWTH INTO BANANA TREE. 01:44:48 - ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWING BANANAS APPEARING ON NEW TREE WITH BANANAS READY TO HARVEST AFTER 14 MONTHS FROM PLANTING. 01:45:15 - MS MAN STANDING NEXT TO HUGE BANANA PLANT, LOOKS LIKE A TREE BUT ISN'T. TRUNK IS NOT WOOD LIKE TREE, TILT UP HUGE PLANT WITH BUNCHES OF BANANAS. 01:45:24 - MCU NATIVE BOY AND YOUNG MAN, WEARING TYPICAL STRAW HATS, POSE FOR CAMERA. 01:45:31 - MS TEAMS OF THREE NATIVE MEN THE "CUTTER" WHO CUTS PLANT JUST BELOW BUNCH OF BANANAS, THE "BACKER" WHO CATCHES THE BUNCH, CARRIES IT AWAY, AND THE "MULE-MAN" WHO LOADS THE THE FRUIT ON PACK MULE OR CART.,WALK AMID HUGE PLANTS 01:46:17 - LS CUTTER WITH HIS LONG CUTTING POLE NICKS THE PLANT JUST BELOW BUNCH, CAUSING PLANT AND BUNCH TO BEND WAY DOWN TO WORKER CALLED THE "BACKER". HE PLACES HUGE BUNCH ON SHOULDER, AS ANOTHER WORKER CUTS IT AWAY FROM THE PLANT, BACKER CARRIES IT, LAYS IT ON GROUND WITH MANY OTHERS.. MORE OF SAME. 01:46:46 - CU TRACTOR DRIVEN CART LOADED WITH BUNCHES OF BANANAS ARRIVES AT SITE, BANANAS ARE LOADED ON CART BY WORKERS WHO ARRIVED WITH TRACTOR. PADS ARE PLACED OVER EACH BUNCH TO PROTECT THEM FROM SUN AND SCARING 01:47:32 - TRACTOR PULLING HUGE LOAD OF BANANAS TO PLANTATION FOR WASHING, INSPECTION. 01:47:51 - VARIOUS SHOTS EACH BUNCH BEING DIPPED CONTINUOUSLY IN VATS OF WATER FOR CLEANING. CU SAME 01:48:15 - VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS LOADING THE BUNCHES ON RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS. 01:48:45 - LS LONG ROW OF STOCK CARS LADEN WITH BANANAS, CABOOSE WITH WORKER SITING ON ROOF, MOVES SLOWLY AWAY FROM PLANTATION. 01:48:51 - LS FREIGHT TRAIN RIDES ACROSS SKY HIGH NARROW BRIDGE. POV GROUND BELOW. 01:49:15 - ABOVE VIEW FREIGHTER DOCKING. VARIOUS VIEWS MEN UNLOADING HEAVY BANANA BUNCHES FROM TRAIN ONTO WORKER'S SHOULDERS TO CONVEYOR BELT AS WORKERS PASS MAN WITH MACHETE HACKS OFF STEM FROM BUNCHES. LONG ROW OD SHIRTLESS WORKERS PLACING BUNCHES ONTO CONVEYOR TO SHIP. 01:50:02 - VARIOUS ABOVE VIEWS INSPECTOR WATCHING EACH BUNCH AS IT PASSES ON CONVEYOR. 01:50:22 - CU STEAM WHISTLE ON SHIP SOUNDS AS SHIP BEGINS TO LEAVE PORT FOR TRIP TO U. S. LS ABOVE FREIGHTER PULLING AWAY FROM PORT. CU SHIPS WAKE TILT UP TO HORIZON. 01:50:49 - DIESEL TRAIN WITH ENDLESS STRING OF REFRIGERATOR CARS, SPEEDING TOWARDS CAMERA AND L TO R. 01:51:06 - WORKERS IN WHITE COATS HANG BANANA BUNCHES ON RACKS IN WARM RIPEN ROOM OF HOLESALER'S PLANT. CU BUNCHES OF BANANAS HANGING ON HOOKS. 01:51:20 - LARGE NUMBERS ON CALENDER FALLING AWAY, "MAY 3" WEDNESDAY", "MAY 4 TUESDAY",.. ETC.(NUMBERS OF DAYS IN WARM RIPENING ROOM). 01:51:27 - CU BANANAS HANGING IN RIPENING ROOM ARE YELLOW AFTER A WEEK IN ROOM. BLACK WORKERS WHEEL OUT RACKS FROM ROOM. MS BLACK WORKER WRAPS SMALL BUNCHES OF BANANAS WITH LABEL, PLACES IT ON CONVEYOR BELT WITH OTHERS. CU WORKERS HAND PLACING LABEL BAND ON BUNCHES OF ABOUT SIX BANANAS FOR RETAIL STORE DELIVERY. 01:52:09 - MS BLACK WORKER CAREFULLY TAKES BANANAS OFF CONVEYOR, PLACES THEM IN LARGE CARTON. HE WEIGHS THEM ON SCALE. 01:52:18 - WOMAN AND CHILD WITH SHOPPING CART WALKS THROUGH PRODUCE SECTION OF SUPER MARKET, AS WORKER STACKS PRODUCE ON RACKS. LITTLE GIRL GOES TO BANANA BIN ENTICES MOM TO BOY. 01:52:34 - MS HOUSEWIFE AT KITCHEN COUNTER SLICING BANANA ONTO COLD CEREAL. CU SAME. 01:52:47 - HOUSEWIFE SERVES CEREAL WITH BANANAS, TO HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN AT KITCHEN TABLE. CU SAME 01:52:55 - SCHOOL KIDS MOVE ALONG WITH TRAYS AT SCHOOL CAFETERIA DESERT BAR. WOMAN WORKERS BEHIND COUNTER WATCH. CU BOY TAKES DISH WITH BANANA, PLACES IT ON HIS TRAY.. PAN VARIETY FOR BANANA DESERTS ON DISPLAY SHELVES IN CAFETERIA. 01:53:23 - CU TRAYS WITH BANANA DESERTS BEING PUSHED ALONG BY STUDENTS. 01:53:29 - CU BOY'S HANDS USING EGG BEATER IN BOWL TO MAKE HIMSELF A BANANA DRINK. MS SAME. CU BOY DRINKING IT FROM GLASS. 01:53:55 - YOUNG MOTHER CARRIES TRAY OF BANANA GINGER BREAD SHORTCAKE DESERT TO DINNER TABLE, CU PLACES ONE IN FRONT OF DAD, AND EACH OF THE KIDS CU BOY TAKING SPOONFUL TO MOUTH, CHEWING WITH FULL CHEEKS. 01:54:20 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: PA-37D