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1959INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
NARRATED IN SPANISH.
Coca Cola factory in Mexico City, Mexico. The process of start to finish how Coca Cola is made and distributed. Scenes inside the plant, in the laboratory, on the farm where sugar cane is processed into the sugar used to make the Cola.

Also, Tapon Corona a metal fabricator in Mexico City is featured making the metal bottle caps for the Coke bottles.

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Hand holding bottle of Coca Cola against backdrop of desert terrain, mountains, dry land, sage brush - With Spanish speaking narration
01:50:24 4.34 thumbnail
Mexican male laborers, appear to be taking a break out in the desert. Man casually leaning on large tractor holding a can or bottle, two other men - one seated on barrel.
01:50:30 9.95 thumbnail
Field laborers in Mexico, can be seen working in dry barren terrain digging up and moving rocks, tractors in the distance, dry looking low lying mountains in bkgd.
01:50:36 15.69 thumbnail
Var trucks driving by with workers hanging on, a dump truck, huge cement roller with giant wheels.
01:50:48 28.03 thumbnail
Landscape of low lying mountains, dry terrain, long road with trucks and a few people riding horses are seen.
01:50:55 34.93 thumbnail
Construction workers are seen working on var homes in the desert. Spanish narration.
01:51:01 41.32 thumbnail
Pan a series of long apparently vacant low buildings, flat roofs, 3-4 floors, men are seen digging ditches.
01:51:11 51.24 thumbnail
Large building with Aztec design on side and across top, looks like a business building with several floors, some vegetation in parking lot and people walking about.
01:51:16 55.4 thumbnail
Pan Mexico City, downtown area.
01:51:25 65.21 thumbnail
Pan area with low lying buildings, looks like large parking lot for busses or trucks. Trucks seen driving by. Mountain terrain in bkgd.
01:51:31 71.21 thumbnail
Industrial area, smoke stacks with white smoke drifing out, low lying building, construction workers.
01:51:52 91.95 thumbnail
Exterior Coca Cola plant - Mexico City, Mexico. Workers walking about, some wearing uniforms.
01:52:17 116.59 thumbnail
Interior Coca Cola factory, Mexican women in Coca Cola uniforms at work as empty bottles go by on conveyor.
01:52:22 121.36 thumbnail
Male worker in Coke factory watching conveyor belt as filled bottles of Coca Cola moving rapidly along. Big Coca Cola emblem on back of his uniform.
01:52:30 129.43 thumbnail
Female factory worker sitting at conveyor as filled coca cola bottles go by
01:52:37 137.05 thumbnail
Close up on face of same female worker, looking zombie like with her eyes going back and forth, as the bottles move along the belt behind her.
01:52:50 150.35 thumbnail
Interior laboratory at Coca Cola, men in lab working, pouring liquid into flask
01:53:04 164.13 thumbnail
Field of sugar cane in a valley, farm laborers cutting down stalks.
01:53:22 181.65 thumbnail
Sugar cane being processed, carried on large cranes, being dumped into mulching machine on a conveyor.
01:53:40 199.91 thumbnail
the end result - white sugar.
01:53:48 207.92 thumbnail
Tilt down on factory workers filing into the plant
01:53:53 212.63 thumbnail
hand pouring liquid into flask.
01:54:00 219.42 thumbnail
Looks like grain, could be coarse sugar, pouring out of machine into carts.
Carts driven away by man driving small tractor. Coarse white substance piled high in carts.
01:54:23 242.38 thumbnail
Dark footage of factory machinery, pistons, heavy equipment at work. Yellow smoke coming out of equipment.
01:54:49 268.67 thumbnail
Assembly line of Coca Cola bottles, lifted up in unison by mechanic equipment.
01:54:56 276.17 thumbnail
Male factory worker, picking bottles off the line, holds up empty bottles.
01:55:10 289.92 thumbnail
Group of Mexican men crossing street. Vintage cars parked
01:55:18 297.35 thumbnail
Exterior Tapon Corona building in Mexico City. Metal Fabricator. Dozens of workers walking into building.
01:55:25 304.84 thumbnail
Hundreds of metal bottle caps coming out of machine into bin, worker making sure they don't overflow. Workers at conveyor belt as bottle caps move along.
01:55:38 317.36 thumbnail
Workers constructing wooden boxes with partitions to hold the Coca Cola bottles.
01:55:47 327.31 thumbnail
Workers putting together large red Coca Cola vending machines (vintage)
01:56:03 342.33 thumbnail
Workers filing out of building, sign above door "Vende Montiel"
01:56:09 349.04 thumbnail
Shiny red pick up truck, trunk open, men working on engine and inside cab. Car drives out of garage or factory, men open the trunk and door.
01:56:31 370.45 thumbnail
Men loading giant tires into back of van.
01:56:38 377.39 thumbnail
Big yellow Coca Cola truck on fork lift, then driving into gas station. Driver getting out of truck shaking hands with another man. Red Coca Cola emblem on cab door of truck.
01:56:57 397.22 thumbnail
Wide shot big red Coca Cola vending machine, three men hanging by machine drinking bottles of Coke. Coke is stacked up in crates next to the machine and large Coca Cola sign above machine - a hand holding bottle of Coke.
01:57:21 421.28 thumbnail
Workers loading crates of bottled Coke into truck.
01:57:43 443.09 thumbnail
Women shopping at outdoor flower market, lady walking off with basket full of flowers.
01:58:03 463.17 thumbnail
Family watching vintage TV (circa 1950's) in living room.
01:58:13 472.59 thumbnail
Man sitting reading large magazine open to a full page Coca Cola ad.
01:58:19 478.99 thumbnail
Large neon Coca Cola sign lit up at night
01:58:27 486.47 thumbnail
Men putting up big Coca Cola billboard advertisement, smoothing down the panels, working high up on a scaffold.
01:58:44 503.49 thumbnail
Man on ladder attaching a round Coca Cola emblem on supermarket sign above door to market.
01:58:49 509.3 thumbnail
Corner market, "Super Pete" workers hanging Coca Cola ad on front entryway. People going in and out of grocery store
01:59:02 521.95 thumbnail
Mexican teens circa 1950s hanging around, same grocery store "Super Pete's" leaning on Coca Cola freezer, socializing, drinking bottles of Coke.
01:59:16 535.72 thumbnail
Hi-rises and traffic in Mexico City (vintage cars)
01:59:23 542.92 thumbnail
clips different buildings in Mexico City, industrial, apartments, business.
01:59:41 561.09 thumbnail
wide shot guys playing basketball in public space, other people gathered.
01:59:57 577.28 thumbnail
Yellow truck driving through the countryside of large valley, snowcapped mountains in background.
02:00:04 583.42 thumbnail
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