| SUGAR REFINING IN BRITISH GUIANA First stage of sugar production from cane cutting to crushing. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8525 | |
| Catalog #: | 106807 | |
| Clip Number: | 106807-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2665 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:05 - 01:04:16 | |
| Location: | Georgetown, British Guiana | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FOOD: Sugar INDUSTRY: Food Processing LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana (British Guiana) | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 76582 SUGAR REFINING IN BRITISH GUIANA First stage of sugar production from cane cutting to crushing. Georgetown, British Guiana GV Diamond sugar grinding plant. MS barges full of sugar cane. VS cane lifted out of barges onto platform and pushed into grinding machine. CU sugar cane. Var CUs workers faces.GV barges and cane fields. Top shot (from crane) of cane being lifted. MS 250 lb sacks of demerara sugar ready to load on barges. VS women walking through field carrying belongings on their heads. VS man cutting sugarcane with a machete. VS men carrying bundles of sugarcane on their heads to barge.VS men and women workers walking through fields. MS overseer (European) on horse. GVs fields and factory. | |
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