| BANANA PLANTATION Work on a banana plantation in the West Indies. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8241 |
| Catalog #: | 521652 | |
| Clip Number: | 521652-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4553 L | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:24 - 01:33:13 | |
| Location: | West Indies | |
| Year Shot: | 1971 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Fruit, Bananas LOCATIONS/CARIBBEAN: Misc | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 95485 BANANA PLANTATION Work on a banana plantation in the West Indies. Various shots of black workers on a banana plantation in the West Indies. MS West Indian man comes out of house to group of other black people waiting outside. Various MSs CUs as he hands out small pieces of paper to them, possibly wage slips.Fun low angle MS woman with machete dancing and laughing. Various shots of work in progress. LS pan on hillside where several people are working. WS looking out over lush green forest. Land Rover being driven through the plantation.Tilt down to jeep approaching on dirt road. Pan as the supervisor gets out and walks up hill. Various MSs LSs plantation workers on the hillside. A young boy helps to carry a metal container up the hill. A machete is used to cut the plants. High angle shot of a river. C/U of the foreman as he watches the workers. They seem to be digging up banana plants or clearing the ground for planting banana plants. | |
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