Video Parts (3)
This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
OLIVE AND ORANGE GROWING Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Orange trees are first started as ‘seedlings’ on which the desired budding or ‘graftings’ may be made later. The largest groves are in California.” Panorama of grove of orange trees - man grafting branches to tree bole. “Water from the snowcapped Sierra Nevada is carefully measured before it used to irrigate the orange groves.” Men building snowman beside road, car in road, mountain in background - men beside locks on irrigation system - close-up of water pouring into ditches. “The balmy climate of the orange land attracts many tourists in winter.” Worker picking oranges off tree. “Blossoms, green fruit and ripe oranges are found on the tree at the same time.” Hand pointing out blossoms and green fruit - hand holding oranges. “The orange tree is small and pickers never climb into the tree to harvest the fruit.” Men picking oranges, one standing on ground, another on ladder. “Nippers are used to cut the orange stems. A tree produces 500 to 3,000 oranges.” Man picking oranges with small clippers. “Oranges are picked by hand and put gently into a bag to prevent bruising. These bags hold about 100 of the fruit.” Mexican worker with bag over shoulder tossing oranges to people, other pickers in background. “Mexican and Japanese pickers harvest the California orange crop.” Group of men clowning and posing in grove. “At the packing house the oranges are cleaned and sorted. A machine washes and scrubs the golden fruit.” Worker feeding oranges into machine. “Oranges are sorted by machinery. The best grade is the heaviest fruit.” Oranges going through sorting machines. “Fruit imperfect in color or form is hand sorted.” Workers hand sorting oranges from conveyor. “Each orange is wrapped in tissue paper -- fifty per minute.” Women workers hand wrapping oranges and placing them in crates. “Wrapped and packed in boxes containing two cubic feet, oranges are shipped in special fruit trains across the continent.” Workers nailing tops on crates. “The golden fruit may be sold on the street, from the fruit stand or the store.” Woman buying oranges from vendor with push cart. “A sweet juicy orange has a delicious taste.” Boy eating orange. “Subject - Olive Growing in the United States.” “For centuries the olive has been highly prized about the Mediterranean and in the Holy Land. The olive is the most frequently mentioned fruit in the Bible.” “The fruit is successfully cultivated in the United States. California has the largest olive growing area of the world.” “The olive is propagated in the United States by means of grafting.” Men chopping and sawing limbs off of olive trees. “The Sylmar Grove in southern California is the largest olive orchard in the world.” Panoramic view of olive orchard. “Mexican olive pickers camp in the orchards during the harvesting season.” Tents pitched in grove, children posing by fire - group sitting around fire eating. ‘The entire family is employed.” Family sitting around fire. “The olives are beaten off the trees and gathered by the children.” Worker on ladder beating limbs - children gathering olives from ground. “Ripe olives are very bitter and are never eaten as they come from the trees.” Boy posing with bucket of olives. “As fast as the olives are gathered they are taken to the cannery.” Boxes of olives being stacked on handcars, cars being pushed into cannery. “This machine assorts the fruit according to size.” Man feeding olives into sorting machine. “Olives are soaked for three or four days in a lye solution to remove the bitter taste and in salt brine eight or ten days to remove the lye.” Olives soaking in troughs, man stirring liquid - man scooping olives from trough into boxes - olives being poured into another liquid. “The finished olives are carefully sorted and packed in salt brine in cans, kegs and barrels.” Girl placing olives into tin cans - cans being fed into machine. “The ripe olives in the cans are sterilized by steam.” Crates of cans being placed in large steam cooker. “Only a part of the olive crop is canned. Improved machinery crushes the outer pulp of the olives from which the oil is to be extracted.” Crushing machine in operation. “The crushed pulp is placed in filter bags in the press. Fifty gallons of oil are obtained from a ton of olives.” View of olive press. “Olive oil supplies a necessary food to people living in hot and arid climates.” “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1920]
Read more