| COCOA GROWING Following cocoa from where it is grown, through to shipment. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8973 |
| Catalog #: | 112737 | |
| Clip Number: | 112737-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4159 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:15:16 - 01:19:15 | |
| Location: | Ghana, Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Cocoa FARMING: Harvest FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Ghana | |
| Description: | Men tending the cocoa plants. Chemicals are sprayed on the plants (pesticides?). Boy cuts the pods from the plant. Quick shot of young boy, who may be injured. He is grasping his foot. Shots of pods damaged by insects. Men working in the field. Young shoots are planted. Sign for Native Doctor. Quick shot of people in a village, dancing. People walk up a dirt road with large sacks balanced on their heads. Lots of beans drying on the ground. Men turn them over with shovels. Beans are examined by a buyer. The sacks are marked. Samples are again examined by another man for qualitity. Sign 'Cadbury & Fry' over building with cocoa beans on the ground in front of it. Lots of burlap sacks everywhere. VS of the cocoa being loaded for shipment. Sacks are loaded onto trucks. More shots in a loacal village. Sacks are loaded onto cargo ships. | |
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