Pippin Packin’ Monster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1896
Date Released
4 Oct 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1You Can’t Start Too Young
  2. 2Pippin Packin’ Monster
  3. 3First Trident for Export
  4. 4Hundred Million Pounds Worth - Straight Up

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pippin Packin’ Monster. DESCRIPTION: In Kent a scheme has been introduced by the farmers through which all the apples produced by over sixty growers pass through one central packing station. As well as apples, the plant handles pears, tomatoes, and oranges are among the imported fruit. SHOTLIST: MS apples being picked. MS ditto. MS apples being transferred from basket to box. MS boxes being piled onto a tractor. MS tractor going down track through orchard. CU apples being picked. MS tractor going down track. Pan lorry arriving at packing plant loaded with apples. MS lorry driving into first testing shed. CU apples in a box. MCU man grading apples for size. MS apples going along a conveyor belt in boxes. Pan ditto. CU woman sorter. CU woman sorting apples. CU apples being placed on different conveyors. MS apples being automatically sorted. MCU ditto. MS ditto. TS pan apples on auto conveyor belt. TS pan ditto. LAS conveyors carrying cardboard boxes. MS apples approaching packers. MS woman packing apples. CU ditto. CU woman placing bags of tomatoes on a machine. MS woman feeding oranges into a packing machine. MS woman packing and tying off the end of the orange packing nets. CU woman tying off orange net. MS ditto. MS fruit being despatched. MCU despatcher checking load onto lorry. MS fork lift truck loading lorry. GV packing factory yard.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Agriculture; Animal husbandry
Locations
Kent
Card file number
90265
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Mould
Length of story (in feet)
156
Story extras:
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