| THE STORY OF INDIA TEA Tea from Plantation to Teapot, 1921 | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6273 | |
| Catalog #: | 523039 | |
| Clip Number: | 523039-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 489 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:18:54 - 01:21:12 | |
| Location: | Assam, India | |
| Year Shot: | 1921 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEVERAGES: Tea CULTURAL GROUPS: Indian/Pakistani FARMING: Tea FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural INDUSTRY: Beverages INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Colonialism INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Imperialism LOCATIONS/ASIA: India | |
| Description: | Use catalog # 369666 for complete story Tea farming in india, 1921; shows all stages of planting growing & harvesting tea at a tea plantation with men women and children workers. Assam, India Contents of baskets are dumped into a carts. "Which take the tea to the factory." Water buffalo pull these carts along the path through fields. "For about 16 hours the tea is withered. This is done naturally and no artificial means are used." Tea processing at factory. LS Children crawling in long low middle shelf of tea shed; rolling leaves up in big cloth? "Nailing down the cases shows how dexterously the packers can use their feet." Nail on lids. M/Ss of workers nailing down the top of the tea chests. "That then is the story of India Tea. But we cannot leave the plantation without visiting the workers quarters The best day of all - pay day." Shot from veranda, where in FG a white man wearing pith helmet sits at a table w/ stacks of coins; several Indian men are also on veranda; in BG a few yards away a crowd of Indian women workers stand waiting for their wages. Woman holding a baby steps forward and the paymaster pays her. "Their lines present an appearance of industry and curiosity - mostly curiosity." Scenes from workers' quarters: people standing in dirt courtyard surrounded by grass-roof houses; chickens peck at grain; toddlers sit on rope beds outside houses. Shots of family groups posing in front of houses (men; women; kids; woman breast-feeding baby; etc.) | |
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