| BRITISH GUIANA - THE COUNTRY AND ITS INDUSTRIES Reel 2 Long documentary about life in British Guiana Cane sugar production, from the fields to export. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6553 |
| Catalog #: | 488009 | |
| Clip Number: | 488009-6 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:50 - 01:26:03 | |
| Location: | Guyana (British Guiana) | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Trade, Exports FARMING: Sugar FOOD: Sugar INDUSTRY: Food Processing INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Colonialism LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana (British Guiana) | |
| Description: | "Demerara sugar is dispatched to all parts of the world, and the bagging, loading and shipping keep a large number constantly employed." We see men performing these tasks. Men take sugar sacks from a warehouse. Loading sacks of sugar up by a ship's gangplank. These are then lifted on to the boat with a crane. | |


