- Title: PA-54
- Summary: MIRACLES FROM AGRICULTURE: AGRICULTURE, FOOD INDUSTRY, CONSUMERISM, PRODUCED BY THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, MIGRANT WORKERS. Supermarkets as showplace of agriculture. Methods of improvement in growing, handling, processing and shipping of food products. Food processing research centers
- Description:01:13:06 - LS PARKING LOT OF HUGE FARMER'S MARKET / SUPER MARKET, PACKED WITH CARS, VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS INSIDE VERY LARGE MARKET WITH SHOPPERS WALKING AROUND AND VARIETY BOOTHS AND COUNTERS AND CHECK-OUT CENTERS. 01:13:56 - TITLE; 'MIRACLES FROM AGRICULTURE" - TWO MEN WORKING IN ORANGE ORCHID, CHECKING SIZE OF ORANGES AND USING SPRAYER. MS MAN DRIVING HUGE TRACTOR-LIKE CULTIVATING MACHINE PLOWING UP FIELD. LARGE GROUP WORKERS (MIGRANT WORKERS ?) PICKING, CRATING, CABBAGE IN FIELD. MCU WORKER PICKING STRING BEANS. CU PILE STRING BEANS IN BASKET. WORKERS ON COMBINE SEPARATING POTATOES ON CONVEYOR. PAN POTATOES ON COMBINES CONVEYOR AND DROPPING THEM INTO HUGE CRATE. THE COMBINE HARVESTS 400 POTATOES AN HOUR. "SCIENTISTS HAVE GIVEN POTATOES NARROW EYES SO THEY ARE EASIER TO PEEL". 01:15:30 - MLS MANY WORKERS PICKING LETTUCE IN FIELD. WORKERS PICKING , CRATING CELERY RIGHT IN THE FIELD, THANKS TO MODERN HARVESTING SYSTEMS. (VOICE OVERT EXPLAINS) PAN ROLLING (CONVEYORS) FACTORY, RIGHT ON FIELD. 01:16:30 - HUNDREDS CRATES SWEET CORN BEING ROLLED INTO INTO HUGE [RESERVATION TANKS TO PRESERVE THEIR QUALITY RIGHT TO THE DINNER TABLE. MS POWERFUL CORES AND ICE WATER PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF THE SWEET CORN. 01:16:50 - CARROTS ON CONVEYOR BELT. MCU STRING BEANS ON BELT BEING SORTED NY WORKERS ON BOTH SIDES. CU HUGE PILE BUILDS UP AS THEY DROP OFF CONVEYOR. MS WOMEN WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE PACK CELERY IN PLASTIC BAGS FROM BOTH SIDES OF CONVEYOR. CU HUGE PILES OF RADISHES POUR OFF CONVEYOR TO BE "CLEANED UNTIL THEY SHINE LIKE CHERRIES". CU AUTOMATED MACHINE PACKAGES THE RADISH. 01:17:45 - ABOVE PAN CATTLE IN HUGE STOCK YARD, TRAIN ON TRACK POURS FEED INTO TROTH TO FEED LONG ROW OF CATTLE. VARIOUS VIEWS THOUSANDS WHITE TURKEYS IN OUTDOOR PEN "HAVE BEEN BRED IN SMALLER SIZES WITH MORE WHITE MEAT TO PLEASE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY". 01:18:15 - WORKER INSPECTS COOKED (?) CHICKENS (INSPECTED AND GRADED, HANGING ON MOVING HOOKS, WHICH HE PULLS OFF AND DROPS THEM ON CONVEYOR. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS HANDLING, PACKING, STORING CHICKENS. CU ICE POURED OVER CRATES. CHICKENS ON CONVEYORS GOING TO STORING FACILITY. VARIOUS SHOTS CRATES ON THE MOVE ON CONVEYORS ALL THE WAY TO WAITING TRAINS AND TRUCKS. MS TRUCK ON HIGHWAY TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:19:26 - AERIAL PAN TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINAL MARKETS USED "TO SERVE A GROWING AMERICA IN THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY POSSIBLE".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: PA-54