Agribusiness

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1749A

Date Released

13 Dec 1962

Date submitted

10 Dec 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Agribusiness. DESCRIPTION: Federal farms is an organisation which, harvests, packs and sells vegetables grown on the rich black soil on the Holland Marsh near Toronto. The size and quality of the harvest underlines the exceptional fertility of its 400 acres. The sales manager maintains radio contact with men who buy from independent growers in the area, he gives them the latest market prices and the latest demands from the factory. Any surplus spuds are made into crisps and a thousand pound of crisps are produced every hour. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Men and women picking vegetables (2 shots). MCU sign Bradford - Canada’s Vegetable Industry. Men and women picking vegetables (3 shots). MS man packing vegetables. Women picking turnips (2 shots). MCU man at control. MCU man in car. Pan - vegetables. MS inside of factory. Woman packing vegetables (5 shots). Potatoes being sorted (2 shots). Potatoes being packed (2 shots). Vegetables being sorted - washed and packed (3 shots). MS vegetables packed up. GV lorry leaves factory with vegetables.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Agriculture

Locations

Canada; Bradford; Ontario

Footage sources

National Film Board of Canada

Card file number

85624

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

155

Story extras:

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