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- BFI identifier394443
- Date1910 (Release)
- Production countryFrance
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- SynopsisINTEREST. Harvesting and canning of pineapples in Singapore. (Synopsis) No main title. Two men with large baskets on their back in a waist-high pineapple plantation. Hut with high thatched roof and trees beyond. [Throughout, some men are stripped to the waist, some not; some are bareheaded, some with coolie hats, some with cloth hats; heads are shaved front and sides with remaining hair partially braided. They are of Chinese appearance]. MCU of man trimming leaves off a pineapple with a machete; throws fruit into basket (38). Men tip fruit from back baskets onto a pile. One man has shoulder-pole with two baskets (68). Clearing with verandah'd hut. Three-man chain passes pineapples up and onto a cart with two five-foot wheels (94). 'Beförderung nach der fabrik`. Street in jungle village with thatched huts. Boy with child on back. Pineapple cart approaches drawn by two oxen and exits followed by man with parasol (123). Town with two-storied houses and gas street lights. Cart approaches and manoeuvres. Two men remove back trellis and top bamboo cover, unharness oxen and tip up cart so that fruit cascades to the ground. Two man carriage passes in background (181). Harbour in background with two large wooden sailing boats being punted along. Factory chimney beyond. Foreground man does further trimming, another puts fruit in larger baskets. Second and third man pass pole through basket cord and carry it off (207). Baskets of fruit in foreground. Packing shed behind. Two pigtailed men with pole raise a basket and carry it off watched by two children (229). "Zubeereitung zur herstellung von kinserven". MCU of man, with clearly shown braided hair, sitting cutting off outside of fruit in one continuous piece turning fruit into rough can shape. Throws away husk. more trimming. Second man doing the same job but cutting fruit into cubes. Boy scooping cubes with both hands into cans (316). 'Jede buchse mit saft gefüllt` Two men shift cans while 3rd man in middle pours juice into cans (338). "Das Verlöten" MCU of man inspecting and soldering end of cans (368). "Etikettieren und verpackung" Man labelling cans. Two men pack cans in boxes, one of them smoking a cigarette (413). "Das Kosten" MCU of western woman at table with wine and glass stand heaped with pineapples, forks rings on to her plate, sugars them and eats with relish (439ft). (Shotlist) Harvesting and canning of pineapples in Singapore. Chinese locals work in the pineapple fields. A man, shot from below, cuts the stem of a pineapple and loads it into the large basket on his back. Another man trims the leaves off a pineapple with a machete and throws the fruit into a basket. The men then dump the collected fruit in a pile, before a three-man chain loads the pineapples onto a cart. A title states 'Loading and Transport to the Factory', as an ox-driven cart travels through the streets. The cart is tipped over, and the pineapples sorted. The factory and harbour are evident in the background, as the fruits are further trimmed. The pineapple is cut into cubes and a small boy loads them into tins. The tins are then sealed up, before another local worker puts a label around them. The film ends abruptly here, although a version of the film concludes with a shot of a western woman at a table with wine and with a glass stand heaped with pineapples, which she pours sugar on and eats. (Shotlist)
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Title
La Récolte et la préparation de l'ananas (Original)
Pineapple Industry (Alternative)
Ananas-Industrie (Alternative)
Ananas Industrie (Alternative)
Harvesting and Preparation of Pineapple (Alternative)
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Non Fiction- Collections
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35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Silent - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - CTA - Silent - Viewing
35mm Colour Positive - CTA - Silent - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
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- +La Récolte et la préparation de l'ananas
Work - 394443 - 1910 (Release)
France - Film - Non Fiction
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