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1930INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
A FILM ABOUT THE COTTON INDUSTRY.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK FARM WORKERS PICK COTTON IN FIELD. COTTON PICKERS. AGRICULTURE.
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MEN PICKING COTTON SMILE.
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CU COTTON PLANT FLOWER.
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CU COTTON ON PLANT.
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MORE COTTON PICKING SCENES. HORSE DRAWN WAGON FULL OF COTTON IN BACKGROUND.
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MS TWO BLACK CHILDREN IN COTTON FIELD. COTTON PICKERS, ONE WITH WIDE BRIMMED STRAW HAT.
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LS FARM WORKERS HAULING SACKS OF COTTON THROUGH FIELD.
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COTTON PICKERS EMPTYING SACKS OF COTTON. HUGE PILES OF COTTON. WEIGHING. CABINS IN BACKGROUND.
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WORKERS AROUND BARN WITH BALES OF COTTON. HORSE DRAWN WAGONS.
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WORKERS USE TUBE PIPE TO SUCK UP COTTON IN WAGON INTO HOPPER.
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CU CIRCULAR SAWS OF MECHANIZED COTTON GIN.
COTTON, FREE OF SEEDS, BEING SHOT OUT OF MACHINE. WORKER, FARMER GRABS SOME COTTON.
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WORKERS PULLING COTTON FROM BACK OF MECHANIZED COTTON GIN.
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CU HANDS HOLDING COTTON THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH GIN (SEPARATED FROM SEEDS, LEAVES, ETC.) AND COTTON THAT HASN'T.
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COTTON DROPPING INTO A PRESS BOX. BLACK FARM WORKER PULLS LEVER, MACHINE PRESSES COTTON INTO A BALE.
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STACKS OF BALED COTTON OUTSIDE READY FOR SHIPMENT. HORSE DRAWN WAGONS. WORKER HAULS BALE OUT ON HAND TRUCK, HAND CART.
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MEN EXAMINING, LAYING OUT ON TABLE TAGGED SAMPLES OF COTTON.
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MORE OF SAME. DETERMINING GRADE AND QUALITY OF COTTON BY PULLING IT BETWEEN FINGERS. MAN WITH BOOK TAKES NOTES. CU HANDS HOLDING SMALL SAMPLE OF COTTON.
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CU SAMPLE OF MATURE COTTON OF LONG FIBER.
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WORKERS HAUL BALE OF COTTON INTO OPENING ROOM AT COTTON MILL. THEY DUMP IT.
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WORKER ROLLS COTTON UP AND PUTS IT INTO A BALE BREAKER MACHINE.
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COTTON, BROKEN UP AND FURTHER CLEANED OF SEEDS, ETC. ROLLS OUT OF MACHINE. CONVEYOR BELT.
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WORKER IN COTTON MILL, FACTORY, REMOVES LARGE ROLL OF COTTON CALLED BATTING FROM MACHINE. HE REPLACES LARGE ROD, SPOOL, CARRIES ROLL OF COTTON BATTING AWAY.
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WORKER LAYS ROLL OF COTTON ON MACHINE WHICH ROLLS, EVENS OUT COTTON.
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CU MACHINERY WORKING.
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WORKER IN FACTORY, COTTON MILL TAKES ROLL OF COTTON BATTING OFF OF MACHINE, WEIGHS IT ON SCALE.
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CU PENCIL POINTING AT NUMBERS ON SCALE.
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WORKER TAKES ROLL OF COTTON OFF OF SCALE.
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CU NEEDLES OF MACHINERY USED IN PROCESSING COTTON.
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COTTON AS A FINE WEB BEING FED THROUGH MACHINE, PASSING OVER, UNDER ROLLERS.
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MAN BLOWS ON COTTON WEB, BREAKING IT WITH HIS BREATH TO SHOW HOW FINE IT IS.
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CU HANDS PULLING COTTON FIBER APART.
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STRANDS OF COTTON FIBERS BEING RUN THROUGH MACHINE'S ROLLERS.
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SIMILAR SHOT AS STRANDS ARE COMBINED INTO ONE.
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CU HAND PULLING COTTON FROM CLOTH PAD.
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STRAND OF COTTON FIBER PASSING THROUGH ROLLERS OF MACHINE.
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COTTON FIBERS TWISTED BY MACHINES AND WOUND AS YARN ON BOBBINS. HAND POINTS. PULLS BOBBIN OFF, UNWINDS SPOOL OF YARN.
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COTTON FIBER STRAND PASSING THROUGH ROLLERS OF MACHINE.
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CU SPOOLS, BOBBINS (OF COTTON YARN) OF VARIOUS SIZES.
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MACHINE SPINNING BOBBINS OF COTTON INTO FINE YARN. WORKER PRESENT, ADJUSTING MACHINERY.
CU MACHINE, BOBBINS.
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COTTON YARN WOUND THROUGH MACHINE ONTO HUGE SPOOL.
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WORKER BESIDE HUGE SPOOLS OF SPINNING COTTON YARN.
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CU SPOOLS RECEIVING COATING OF ADHESIVE SUBSTANCE, THEN DRYING OVER STEAM HEATED DRUMS.
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CU COTTON THREADS PASSING THROUGH MACHINE, BEING WOUND ONTO HUGE SPOOL. WORKER WITH MACHINE, SPOOLS.
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WORKER ADJUSTING MACHINE. CU VARIOUS SHOTS THREAD MANIPULATED THROUGH MACHINE.
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WORKER ADJUSTS COTTON AS IT IS FED THROUGH MACHINE.
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CU BOBBIN OF COTTON THREAD BEING INSERTED INTO SHUTTLE OF MACHINE.
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CU HAND BY MACHINE DEMONSTRATES BROKEN THREAD DURING WEAVING PROCESS.
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MORE CLOSE UP SCENES OF WEAVING PROCESS.
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CU SLOW MOTION SHOTS OF MOVEMENT OF SHUTTLE.
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SAME NORMAN SPEED. WEAVING COTTON THREAD INTO FABRIC.
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SCENE OF WEAVING ROOM. COTTON MANUFACTURING.
COTTON LOOMS. SWEATSHOP. FACTORY.
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FILM ENDS.
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