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220457 03:12:59 - 03:22:47 1919 B/W Si
Cutting Up
Preparing and producing meat cuts from
live animals.
Chopping halves of pork in two; sawing
ribs by hand. Loins pulled, then
spare ribs. Ham cut w/ band saw.
03:14:20 Picture of various cuts of beef. Sides of beef hanging. Women boxing & packaging tins. Wilson & Co.
03:15:07 Sawing meat (Blacks & Whites working together),
production line.
03:15:41 Cutting pieces of meat by hand. Hole soldered close in can. Cans on conveyor belt.
03:16:23 Lard shovelled & churned, then cut into squares by hand
& packaged, women smiling & laughing.
03:17:10 Man cutting carcass w/ large axe. Scraping; Brushing inside of hanging carcasses.
03:17:39 Cattle, cows in stockyard, buyers standing & walking on
fences.
03:18:11 Carcasses hang in refrigerated area. Ham, leg chopped off. Hanging cow carcasses hacked in two
vertically.
03:18:56 Pigs out of railroad car; men sitting around & on top;
into pens at stockyard. Cattle
tight in pens, up ramp. New leather shoes.
03:19:30 Pile of hair. Car seat & child climbs onto it & sits, bounces.
03;19:54 Farm woman holding cow, bag of bone fertilizer sitting w/
squash in garden.
03:20:10 Hacking carcass in two vertically. Insides into metal pan. Half carcass hanging, cleaned; cut crossways, carried off.
03:21:42 Cows up ramps into slaughter house. Butchering & gutting hanging
carcass. Cattle herded thru stock
pens by men on horseback.
03:22:27 Butcher at table; men carry quarters away from table. Sheep pen in stockyard.
1920s Meat Packing Industry; Butchers;
Butchering; Food; Animals;
220715 16:23:53 - 16:27:05 1920s B/W Sil
Meat Packing
Abbatoir - (slaughterhouse) Men cutting into carcass and removing
intestines & stomach lining.
16:24:20 Men washing hands. Processing / canning. Temperature guage. Making
sausages.
16:25:07 Machinery & women working yarn.
16:25:28 Milk processing machines, pour into glass from can &
drinking.
16:25:51 Beef bones. Carcasses hung in freezer & steaming, cold store. Bones put in oven. Exterior meat packing factory
220257 16:21:20 - 16:35:06 1922 B/W Sil
Meat Packing
Cattle grazing in west; sheep herd; sow
& pigs; cattle in feed yard; cattle in Chicago stock yards; buyers along
pens; moving cattle from pens. Cattle after hides, head & hoofs removed on hooks; sawed down middle
& with cleaver; inspected & stamped; cleaned & washed; chilling
chamber; quartered & carried off & hung. Meat chart showing cuts. Cutting & scraping. Cuts shown. Diagram of beef. Showing what is done with non-edible parts. Hogs from RR car into pens;
hogs scraped and cut into sides. Fat and lard removed. Moving platform; sawing with band saw; trimming. Curing ham by covering
with salt, etc. then hung in smoke house. Filling sausage casings & tying into wieners. Hung on racks. Cuts of meat shown.
220459 05:00:04
- 05:12:11 1922 B/W Sil
Meat Packing
Industrial Geography of the United States
05:00:52 Herd of cattle on flat land near water hole. Sheep down hill, farmer behind. Hogs, sow & young piglets nursing. Cows fattened, eat at feed trough.
05:01:52 Chicago stockyards w/ cattle & cowboy in pen; buyers
stand on fences inspecting cattle as they are led out. MS Cattle into narrow passage into
abattoir or slaughterhouse.
05:03:16 Blacks working on carcasses hanging on conveyor; remove
organs & sawed & axed vertically. Inspection by government inspector, bruise pointedout. Inedible meat marked.
05:04:33 Cleaning carcass w/ brush; rows of beef carcasses into
chilling chambers.
05:05:05 Cut into quarters & carried off; hung.
05:05:33 Picture of different beef cuts. Meat on slab. Cutting hind quarter, flank, loin, plate, shoulder, rib roast,
chuck. Diagram of beef parts.
05:07:08 By-products: horn, pipe, comb, cutlery, hide, leather, shoes, tallow margarine, blood
used for buttons, bone used for fertiliser. hoof for glue.
05:08:25 Pigs out of railroad cattle car w/ buyers watching. Pork carcasses cleaned, cut in two
lengthways, fat removed, hams removed w/ by hand w/ knife by meat cutter; leg
sawed off ham & fat trimmed.
05:10:11 Curing pile of hams in salt & saltpeter, then hung &
smoked. Casings injected w/
sausage meat, women twisting to make sausages & hanging on racks. Pork chops & other cuts of meat,
canned meat. The End.
221290 01:01:00
- 01:10:43 193? B/W Sd
Do Unto Animals R1 of 2
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Animal Industry
01:01:22 Cattle driven w/ farm in background. Cattle & sheep grazing. Steam engine freight train runby at
station platform w/ cattle cars. Cattle truck past. High pan
over livestock holding pens at stockyards.
01:02:24 Glass door sign: The National Live Stock Loss Prevention Bd. H.R. Smith Gen. Mgr. Woman taking dictation on recording machine. MCU of man looking at paperwork. CU clock 2:50,
ticks minute. Truck pulls away
from livestock chute, dead cow or steer on ground. Dead sheep pulled off by horse. Hogs dead piled.
01:03:33 Large sides of beef hanging, marked as choice by
inspector. damaged carcasses
tagged, bruises pointed out. Man
trimming bruised meat from carcasses.
01:05:11 Hides damaged. Carcasses w/ whip bruises; pig carcass bruised by cane. Men trimming pork hams on conveyor
line. MCU trimming leg damaged by
kick. Pig belly trimmed where kicked. Sheep carcass w/ damage.
01:06:36 Truck w/ rough inside uprights that will injure. Dropping tail for loading. Man feeding hay into cattle pen. Loading cart & adding bedding to
truck before loading hogs. Fixing
partitions in place. Covering
truck w/ canvas for protection against heat & cold.
01:08:40 CU Safe Shipping Certificate. Men in barnyard kicking hogs while loading. Canvas slapper to be used instead. Truck out of farmyard. Truck prepared for shipping w/ sand or
water depending on season. Driving
hogs into truck w/ canvas slapper & w/ protective barriers in truck. Man using electric cattle prod to
load. Unloading at railroad
shipping point.
220792 11:11:06
- 11:20:36 1942? B/W SD
Farm Front - Part Two- WWII
INCLUDING:
11:11:06 Eggs, milk bottles, meat. Dried eggs and dried milk
processing. Cheese. Pigs in field. Hacking pork carcasses. Beef stockyards and carcasses in meat
plant.
11:14:40
X 221144 08:29:31
- 08:45:27 1942 B/W SD
A Nation’s Meat (1942) Pt. 1 of 2
Industrial Patents Corp.
Meat industry montage: livestock market
stockyards, transportation, butchers. Cattle, herd of sheep, pigs in pens. Cattle herded across open plain. Meat carcass carried into grocery store.
08:30:45 Woman addresses housewives from stage area w/ built-in
kitchen set; points to chart ‘Eat
the Right Foods’. CU butcher
showing female customer large cut of meat like t-bone steak, poster in BG ‘Meat
- A Natural Source of B Vitamins’; counter at store, butcher passes packaged
meat to customer; CU trays of meat put on display.
08:31:40 Beef production & supply diagram. Cattle graze on hillsides & open
plains, rounded up for market & loaded into railroad cattle cars; cowboys
on horseback wave to man on train caboose as steam locomotive pulls away. Cattle sorted at feeder market, some
taken on by truck to feed lots. Lambs & pigs also fattened up.
08:35:11 Farmer at desk writing & listens to market report on
radio. Diagram showing methods of
selling livestock. Chicago
stockyard, high shot, men on horseback buying & selling next to pens. Livestock arrive by truck & train,
farmers wait in office. Hay wagon
makes rounds. Commission men
representing feeder farmer negotiates w/ buyer, both on horseback among
cattle. Cows into scale house for
weighing.
08:40:38 INT abattoir, meat packing plant, sides of beef hang from
hooks & inspected, sprayed & wrapped then pulled along ceiling rails
into cooler or chiller; government stamp applied after 24hrs. Whole lamb carcasses wrapped. Veal hides left on until just before
cloth wrapping added. Pork sides
inspected & stamped.
08:43:15 Pork cutting line, sawing hams, joints. Smoke house, professional “ham
smeller”; girl wraps hams. Pork
loin cut, trimmed & graded. Spare ribs; bacon sides smoked. Continued...
X 221144 08:45:27
- 08:58:47 1942 B/W SD
A Nation’s Meat (1942) Pt. 2 of 2
Industrial Patents Corp.
Continued... Bacon sides into slicing machine, women on production line
wrap bacon. Sausage production,
links made, tied, hung. Pork
minced w/ beef in giant mixing vat, man sprinkles seasoning in.
08:46:41 Home economics instructor demonstrates cooking techniques in
demonstration kitchen. Hot dogs /
frankfurters packed by women in white uniforms. Fat backs & trimmings inspected before production into
lard. Bones inspected for
re-use. Wool puller removes coat
from lamb hide. Cattle hides
salted & stacked. CUs vars livestock
by-products - ball of wool being wrapped around hands; bone-handled knives;
violin strings; tennis racket; gelatin capsules & drug products. Diagram of meat distribution.
08:49:56 Secretaries typing orders in large office as received into
factory then sent by pneumatic tube to correct department. Carcasses loaded into semi-truck. Nationwide distributors around loading
table matching supply at various packing plants w/ demand from branch houses
assigning refrigerated trucks; teletype messages coming in. VO re different requirements of various
states . Butcher demonstrates
different cuts of beef & pork requested by different markets. Men getting orders at table.
08:53:22 Secretary at teletype machine; CU machine punching holes in
strip of paper. Carcasses &
meat products loaded into refirgerated railroad car. Packing & inspecting meat for US Armed Forces. Refrigerated car arriving at branch
house, unloaded, sides of meat cut into joints. Retail dealer examines meat & makes deal.
08:56:21 Travelling salesman at butcher’s shop counter. Distribution scenes. Summary montage of all stages of meat
supply industry. CU well-dressed
housewife in ‘40s suit at butcher’s counter buying steak; housewife out of
Sunrise Food Exchange. Rolling
title ‘Although the war has changed the situation [re plentiful meat] - all of
us are glad to deny ourselves anything to help us win’.
220687 20:09:23
- 20:11:36 1940s B/W SD
Big Story (YBS) - WWII Rationing -
Homefront
INCLUDING:
20:10:38 Abbatoir (slaughterhouse) - carcasses being moved. Sign re meatless Tuesdays. Two women in kitchen - saving fat for war effort. Straining used fat into container -
exchanged for points and money. Saving for recycling tin cans. Freight train loaded with scrap metal for war effort.
20:11:17 End of war - gas rationing off -
cars into garage and fill up. Busy
roads.
X 221144 08:29:31
- 08:45:27 1942 B/W SD
A Nation’s Meat (1942) Pt. 1 of 2
INCLUDING:
08:35:11 Farmer at desk writing & listens to market report on
radio. Diagram showing methods of
selling livestock. Chicago
stockyard, high shot, men on horseback buying & selling next to pens. Livestock arrive by truck & train,
farmers wait in office. Hay wagon
makes rounds. Commission men
representing feeder farmer negotiates w/ buyer, both on horseback among
cattle. Cows into scale house for
weighing.
08:40:38 INT abattoir, meat packing plant, sides of beef hang from
hooks & inspected, sprayed & wrapped then pulled along ceiling rails
into cooler or chiller; government stamp
applied after 24hrs. Whole lamb
carcasses wrapped. Veal hides left
on until just before cloth wrapping added. Pork sides inspected & stamped.
08:43:15
221109 19:20:20 - 19:29:12 1950 B/W SD
Frisky The Calf
Coronet Instructional Films [main title missing]
Farmyard scenes - farmer feeding livestock
- little girl Mary comes running to fetch her father - farmer runs over &
Mary takes him to cow w/ newborn calf - sit on grass to watch mother cow &
calf. CUs cute calf laying on
grass - calf tries to stand up & walks. Farmer carries calf to barn - feeds older calves milk from
bucket - teaches baby calf to drink from teat on bucket. Calf “Frisky” running in pasture -
watches horse in next field - makes friend w/ dog - rests in shade - eats
hay. Frisky has first proper meal
at trough w/ older calves. Vars
shots of farm, fields & baby calf.
Beef & Dairy Farming /
Agriculture. Animals. Rural Americana - 1950s.
X 221158 20:01:01 - 20:09:49 1950c COL SD
The Canadian Province Of Manitoba (1950ca)
Dudley Pictures Corp. ‘This World of Ours’
series
INCLUDING:
Montage: aerial views of Manitoba in central Canada. Girl ice skating. Ice boating race on frozen lake. Boating in summer. Tennis match. Golfers. Resort
hotel. VO says region perfect for
tourism. Two Mounties in uniform
towards camera. Nuns towards
cathedral. Canadian-Indian
children. High shot busy modern
highway w/ slow-moving traffic. Aerial Hudson’s Bay. CU
plaque ‘Hudson’s Bay Company Incorporated AD 1670’. Huskies pulling sleds through snow. Products of local industry - blankets -
woman models fur coat.
20:03:52 Hydro-electric plant. Countryside beef herd. INT
abattoir / meat packing factory - carcasses on hooks being prepared. Red River.
20:04:47
220934 02:29:24
- 02:37:43 1950s Col Sd
4-H Pastures
3 men sitting at table & talk into mic
in MCU about pastures. Interview
of farm boy on tractor. Angus & Herefords grazing in pasture. Working pasture with John Deere; boy
explains how he developed the pasture. Fertilising & mowing weeds. Irrigating from pond with
sprinklers. Melvin Moon
interviewed & CUs of grazing beef calves. Another boy interviewed about pastures and fertilisers.
Discusses with extension agents in mountain portion of Georgia as cows graze.
X 221391 03:40:57
- 03:51:41 1953 COL SD
The Southwestern States (Second Edition)
INCLUDING:
03:43:31 Aerial view irrigation project on Rio Grande. Cotton crop in trucks. Cattle ranch - beef & dairy herds -
sheep grazing. Angora goat herd in
Texas - mohair. Turkey ranch.
03:44:52
X LN
505-079 09:33:26 - 09:43:18 1955 B/W SD
Meat - From Range To Market: Production,
Processing And Distribution
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Grassland w/ bluffs and hllls behind in
various locations. Map of US
showing grasslands across the western part. White face herford cattle grazing w/ cowboy.
09:35:0? Cornbelt states shown, those that feed cattle in feedlots
for fattening. Cattle moved and
rounding up cattle, leaving calves to grow. POV past feedlot w/ large steers by large piles of
corn.
09:36:10 Pigs at troughs. Lambs in pens at feedlots.
09:36:3? Map showing distribution of cattle versus markets. Cattle markets shown on map. Cattle buyer on feedlot. Stockyards with buyer and lot seller in
pen. Cattle moving towards cattle
cars.
09:37:31 Meat processing plant w/ carcasses hanging overhead
conveyors and hides removed and cattle gutted. Plitting into halves w/ large saw. Sides washed and government inspectors working and stamping
approval stamp. Sides wrapped
before moved to cooler. Marking
side as prime by grader. Pointing
out marbling of fat.
09:39:02 Lambs & sheep on assembly line, into chill rooms. Chilled hogs into cutting department
and hind legs and shoulders cut off. Hams skinned and to curing cellar. Butchers on assembly line pulling out pork loin w/ two handled
knife. Spare ribs, bacon made and
flattened. Trimmings separated to
lean meat & fat & fat rendered. Hams wrapped and into smoke house. Wrapped for shipping after coolign. Smoked bacon moved, sliced and packages, weighed &
wrapped.
09:41:15 Making hotdogs & sausages, smoked, wrapped and
packaged. Meat laboratory. Developing other products for leather,
lambs wool, fats for soap, bones for buttons, glands make insulin &
adrenelin.
09:41:5? Giving shot to girl. Testing by eating and taking notes. Meat men moving sides of beef and loaded into iced railroad
cars. Freight train past
camera.
09:42:4? Butcher buying from local warehouse, men unloading truck.
Shopping, cooked meat cut. Grass
of western range. The End.
X LN
509-019 00:34:40 - 00:45:04 1956 Col Sd
Northwestern States (Second Edition)
INCLUDING:
00:38:03 Butte Montana and mines w/ trains. Oil tanks. Coal
cars in railyard. Mountain peaks,
large sawmill and logging truck dumping into log pond. White Pine logs into mill. Lumber drying. Cattle on range and in feedlots. Loading onto railroad car and runby of
streamliner pulling cattle cards.
00:39:3? Interior of beef hanging. Sheep on range and being sheared. Lambs loaded into railroad cars. Wheat combined. Various harvesting shots. Truck hauling and dumping grain into elevator and large elevators
seen. Loaves of bread.
00:41:06
X LN
505-026 07:43:56
- 07:54:55 1956 COL SD
INCLUDING:
07:50:12 Industrial scenes - factories - workers - train pulling
wagons of coal - iron ore range, Minnesota - ore carried by train, loaded into
truck & barges at port of Lake Superior - bound for Great Lakes. Cargo unloaded at docks. Goods train. Trucks. Cargo
plane unloaded. Beef cattle herded
into slaughterhouse / abatoir; INT carcasses hanging. New farm machinery loaded for export to other states. Car production line; finished cars
driven away from factory on transporter. Furniture production - man upholstering chair.
07:52:48 Map of US showing imports to Midwest from outside states - CU map of Midwest states summarising exports. Industrial scene.
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