| Taiwan Tea Harvest | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1751 |
| Catalog #: | 426178 | |
| Clip Number: | 426178-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-067-03 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Taiwan | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. CULTURAL GROUPS: Thai INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc INDUSTRY: Misc. LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Thailand (Siam) | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO Taiwan marks the 100th anniversary of the export of tea with a bumper crop. Tea has flourished here for over one thousand years. The refining process takes the leaves from the field to the factory where they're dried, massaged, fermented, sifted, refined and packed. Establishing shot - Women wearing coolie hats picking tea leafs and then putting them in baskets that they wear on their backs. MS - Women harvesting tea leaves. CUS - Young girl harvesting tea leafs. MS - The women pickers bringing their tea leafs to an open bed truck. Exterior shot - The tea factory where the tea leafs are processed. MS - Women sorting out the tea leafs. Low Angle Shot - Men operating machines that grind and smash up the tea leafs. MS - Women shoveling up almost dried tea leaves into mechanically operated bins. | |
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