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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FILM FRUITS & VEGETABLE FARMING & SHIPMENT to SUPERMARKET (1958)

1958 · Short film · 22 min

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This color educational film is about the fresh vegetables grown in the west and shipped to the rest of the country by Union Pacific Railroad. This is circa 1958 or 1959. Opening credits: Union Pacific Railroad presents FRESH FROM THE WEST (:11-1:03). Cars drive on the 101 Freeway. High rise buildings -- known as Park LaBrea in Los Angeles. People walk in downtown Los Angeles at Hill Street. A Ralph's supermarket is shown outside and inside. People push their shopping carts and look at fruits and vegetables. A man picks tomatoes in a field. A tractor plows a field, mechanical harvesting. Cabbage is picked. Peas. People collect the peas. A man pushes beans. Onions. Bags of onions are in bags ready to be shipped. They slowly move on a conveyor belt. A tractor harvest broccoli. Artichokes are picked. Western grown celery is collected (1:04-4:27). Asparagus is being cropped. Tractor plows a field. Asparagus is shipped in pyramid type crates. A bulldozer levels out a land. A hydraulic plow. Tilling operations, a spike tooth harrow rips the ground. Fertile soil is the goal. A tractor plows. Fertilizer is drilled into the ground. Concrete lined canals where the water is. The water is syphoned into different parts of the field (4:28-7:36). Caps are used to stimulate better growth. Vast acreage of head lettuce. Irrigation for lettuce varies. Lettuce is highly perishable and is harvested with care. A minimum of handling is done as heads are placed into trucks (7:37-9:23). Pacing shed…

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Running time
22 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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