Synopsis
Busy intersection of city in 1940s at sunrise; cars fill the street. Great shot from outside of house looking in through window at 1940s to 1950s housewife wearing apron cooking in kitchen; mother and daughter cooking together in kitchen, daughter peels potato; boy about 12 years old comes home wearing dirty white vest, boy pulls sisters pigtail; boy licks batter from bowl, Mother slaps boys hand; brother and sister tease each other. woman pours can of Del Monte sugar peas into glass pot; bowl of steaming peas with butter melting in the center. Family of four eating dinner; Father asks son how his baseball game went, asks if he hit any homeruns, boy answers he hit one. Boy asks Father for more food, great sound bite: “What? Daughter asks Father if she had peas when he was little, father answers that he had to wait for peas to be in season. Brother yells at sister who asks how peas grow “On a vine stupid don’t you know anything”, mother reprimands son “That’s enough junior. Finish your dinner.” Father sits down on couch and packs pipe, daughter sits next to father “How is daddy’s little girl tonight?” Boy sits on other side of father after grabbing large book off of shelf. Father lights pipe and tells story of peas. Aerials of pea fields; aerials of towns in Illinois near Del Monte farmland. Aerials of Del Monte canneries. field of pea vines. Farmers driving tractors over field harvesting peas; peas harvested; men with pitchforks lift pea vines onto wagon train pulled by…
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- Running time
- 21 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0230_Pick_of_the_Pod_01_18_48_00-0037