This is Hormel (1965)

★★★★★ · There's nothing more 'eye-appealing' mmmmmm... · compoundeye · 2011-04-25

The 'tag-line' on this page is utter knee-jerk rubbish... 'The most disturbing film...' indeed. The person who wrote that probably doesn't think twice about pulling on their leather shoes, grabbing their leather wallet, driving to the multiplex sitting on leather car seats and watching simulated torture and dismemberment in 'Saw, part 943', yet somehow actually knowing and seeing how your food gets on your plate is taboo?! Madness... This is Hormel is superb in every way - it engages children to have have an interest in their food, it has very well framed photography - the wiener packing line…

★★★★★ · Holy Hormel! · Spuzz · 2005-03-03

Kids! A word of advice for you... Don't you dare ask your dad to take you on a trip to the Hormel Plant! Otherwise, your dad will accompany you in a ridiculous bowler hat that looks straight from a halloween kit, while you watch pig carcasses get 'disassembled'!! Shoulders to the ham department! Fat to the gelatin department! Pigs feet to the.. pig's feet department! (They're a delicious delicacy!). Really loved the cow hide removal demo, yum. As many reviewers have pointed out, this film has the bubbliest chirpy music for a film about pig carcasses ever made. Bonus points for the cheap cheap…

★★★★★ · A must-see for those who eat food! · eltatero · 2005-04-21

I think anyone who eats food, especially meat, should watch this film. It shows what people have become extremely removed from... where the food they eat comes from, as well as how it's (or rather used to be) prepared. Considering that most folks don't know where on the hog bacon and come from, this can be amazingly educational. For those who are weak-stomach types, this may even help finally push you to vegetarianism! While it is a bit dated (nobody objects to young boys seeing the truth about what they eat) it is still a viable useful film. In all, a great educational show!

★★★★★ · DEE--LICIOUS! · Ja30fitz · 2005-07-30

This 'Hormel Film' (according to the end titles) runs over half an hour long, and it goes into painful detail of all the things that Hormel does. It shows all the different types of food that Hormel makes, and you get to see Mr. Rugg's RIDICULOUS hat! I did not really find this film that disturbing...the more disturbing film is the one of the Kosher Slaughter on this website. I still thoroughly enjoyed this film...some great processing shots here!

★★★★★ · But what happened? · Ray Double · 2005-08-10

Actually, I think its a pretty good film. If made today, I sure it would be changed a lot. Mr. Rugg's hat is a classic of headwear. But the question is, at the end of the movie when the boys and Mr. Rugg are leaving, Mr. Rugg's hat is nowhere to be seen. Did it fall in the weinnie vat and is still hanging out in the back of some jr. high walk-in food locker? Just wondering in Texas Ray

★★★★★ · Delicious! · mjwise · 2006-08-05

A not at all disturbing look at meat processing. Then again I'm not bothered by these sorts of things and the video. People should see how their food is made. If mechanized slaughter and meat processing really does bother people, they probably shouldn't be eating its results. This video just ended up making me hungry though. The only bothersome part (for me) is that as a human factors and safety engineer, some of those machines look like they were just waiting to take an arm off (or steam it, or crush it - major lack of machine guarding in some areas!), and some of those awkward hand carving…