| 00:01:36 1.6 |
CU GREEN TOBACCO LEAF IN GROUND.
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| 00:01:41 6.6 |
PAN VARIOUS SCENES TOBACCO CROP IN FIELD.
|
| 00:01:46 11.6 |
FIELDS COVERED WITH WHITE CLOTH.
|
| 00:02:24 49.6 |
CU NATIVE WORKER TAKES SEVERAL HANDS FULL OF TOBACCO SEEDS FROM CAN
LETTING SEEDS POUR THROUGH FINGERS & INTO PAN |
| 00:02:29 54.6 |
CAREFULLY SCOOPS UP TABLESPOON OF SEED FROM PAN & STIRS IT INTO
SPRINKLER CAN OF WATER HELD BY ANOTHER NATIVE WORKER. |
| 00:02:34 59.6 |
WORKER WATERS CULTIVATED BEDS WITH SPRINKLER CAN CONTAINING WATER
& SEED. |
| 00:03:12 97.6 |
NATIVE WORKER WALKS AMID HUGE TOBACCO FIELD TENTED WITH WHITE CLOTH
TO PROTECT FROM RAIN & BRIGHT SUNSHINE. HARSH WEATHER |
| 00:03:17 102.6 |
GROUPS OF BLACK NATIVE WOMEN IN NATIVE DRESS CARRY SPRINKLER CANS
FULL OF WATER ON THEIR HEADS. |
| 00:03:21 106.6 |
WOMEN DISPURSE THROUGHOUT LARGE FIELD & WATER GROUND WITH CLOTH
ROLLED BACK) |
| 00:04:01 146.6 |
HUNDREDS OF TINY WHITE TOBACCO BUDS FILL GROUND.
|
| 00:04:06 151.6 |
CU PAN SMALL TOBACCO BUDS AFTER THEY'VE TURNED GREEN.
|
| 00:04:11 156.6 |
CU BIGGER PLANT AFTER GROWTH
|
| 00:04:16 161.6 |
NATIVE WORKERS STOOP OVER TO UP PULL PLANTS
|
| 00:05:06 211.6 |
NATIVE DRIVER PLOWS FIELD WITH TRACTOR.
|
| 00:05:11 216.6 |
MALE CEYLONESE WORKERS IN NATIVE DRESS OF SKIRTS & BARE FEET
CULTIVATE FIELD WITH HOES. |
| 00:05:21 226.6 |
CU SMOOTH OUT GROUND WITH HOES.
|
| 00:05:31 236.6 |
VARIOUS VIEWS LARGE HEALTHY DARK GREEN TOBACCO PLANTS IN FIELD
|
| 00:08:29 414.6 |
CU WORKER PLUCKS FLOWER OFF TOBACCO PLANT WITH HEAVY GREEN LEAVES.
|
| 00:08:34 419.6 |
NATIVE WORKER REMOVES UNNECESSARY LEAVES. PRUNNING
|
| 00:08:44 429.6 |
NATIVE CHECKS EACH LEAF ON PLANTS FOR RIPENESS.
|
| 00:09:20 465.6 |
FEMALE WORKER IN SARI PICKS RIPE LEAVES OFF PLANT ONE AT A TIME.
|
| 00:09:50 495.6 |
PICKERS CARRY BUNDLES OF CURED LEAVES ON HEADS & LAY THEM DOWN
BEFORE GROUP OF WOMEN SORTERS SEATED ON GROUND. |
| 00:10:15 520.6 |
VARIOUS VIEWS FEMALE WORKERS SORTING LEAVES PLACING EACH CATEGORY
IN SEPARATE BINS. |
| 00:10:57 562.6 |
CU FEMALE WORKERS ADEPTLY TIE LEAVES ON LONG STICKS ON RACKS.
|
| 00:11:02 567.6 |
MALE WORKERS TAKE STICKS WITH LEAVES OFF RACKS & CARRY THEM INTO
BARN. |
| 00:11:07 572.6 |
CU DRIED TOBACCO LEAVES ON STICKS. RACKS OF LEAVES ARE PLACED ON
CIRCULAR PILE FOR CURING. |
| 00:11:30 595.6 |
CURING STICKS CAREFULLY REMOVED
|
| 00:12:14 639.6 |
LARGE CROUP OF YOUNG WOMEN SEATED ON GROUND REMOVING LEAVES &
STRINGS FROM STICKS. CAREFULLY BUNDLED FOR TRANSPORT. |
| 00:12:24 649.6 |
CU GIRLS' HANDS REMOVING STRINGS FROM LEAVES
|
| 00:13:49 734.6 |
PAN WOMEN SEATED ON GROUND CAREFULLY CRATING TOBACCO LEAVES.
|
| 00:13:54 739.6 |
PAN TO YOUNG WOMAN REMOVING LEAVES FROM STRINGS IN FRONT OF TABLES
FULL OF TOBACCO LEAVES OUTSIDE |
| 00:13:59 744.6 |
CU NATIVE WOMEN'S HANDS PLACES VARIETY OF LEAVES IN THREE SEPARATE
BINS OF CRATE. |
| 00:15:08 813.6 |
PAN "CEYLON TOBACCO CO." WAREHOUSE.
|
| 00:15:13 818.6 |
CU MAN'S HAND FEELS QUALITY OF TOBACCO LEAF
|
| 00:15:35 840.6 |
WORKERS HANDS TIGHTLY STACKING TOBACCO LEAVES IN CRATE
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Year: 1957
Color: Color
Genre: AGRICULTURE
Specialty CollectionGenre: AGRICULTURE
Description: GROWING & HARVESTING TOBACCO FOR CEYLON TOBACCO COMPANY.
Keywords: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
