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Dole Fruit Cocktail Promo Film “Rainbow Harvest” Hawaii Pineapple & California Grapes 89314 (1950)

1950 · Short film · 22 min

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This 1950 film presented by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (:08) is a promotion for the Dole Fruit Cocktail invented in the Barron-Gray Canning Company plant. The cocktail includes cherries, peaches, pears, grapes and pineapples. The film shows this colorful variety of fruits from their harvest and as they go through canning processes. It was produced by Jerry Fairbanks Inc. (:18) and opens with a span of a cherry tree orchard (:28) in the San Joaquin Valley, California. The famous vinelands of lower San Joaquin Valley follow, (1:42) rich with Thomas seedless grapes. The girdling manner used for every vine providing fruit for the Dole Fruit Cocktails is shown (1:58). Pineapples from Hawaii will also be added to the cocktail (2:17). (Today pineapples are not harvested for this purpose, as it is too expensive to grow them in Hawaii). Cherries which are the last to bloom and the first to ripen undergo inspections to be added to the mix (2:38). The picking process has not changed much, though growing methods have changed (2:48). Amidst Barron-Gray Packing Company boxes, an inspector checks the picked fruits (2:56). The ring used to check the size of pears (3:08). These will be scientifically ripened at the right time for use. Fruit is loaded into boxes and an inspector (4:01) checks batches prior to shipment. For these checks, the orchard superintendent and his aide work closely together (4:18). Dole boxes loaded atop the trailer (4:32) will be sent to a receiving station where…

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Running time
22 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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