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CLASS 2 — Industries, Forestry, Agriculture 25
REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER
65-b Rice Harvest in Japan Pathe
The natives gather the rice; thresh and fan to separate it from the chaff. Interesting studies of the natives are offered by this reel.
References : World's Commercial Products, pp. 27-50. Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. 23 (Rice).
73-a Gathering Hemp in Brittany Pathe
The annual hemp crop of Brittany is usually very large. It grows to a height of eight feet and contains a tough strong fiber used in weaving mats and coarse rugs. The peasants cut the hemp, fasten it in bundles or hanks, and immerse it in water. At the end of a month it is taken out and dried and is ready for final shredding. Old-fashioned spinning wheels are shown reeling the strands, and the weaver with his loom rapidly fashioning a rug.
77 Sugar Cane Industry Pathe
A geographical as well as an industrial subject dealing with one of the resources of the tropics. The reel shows the gathering of the cane, cutting and replanting. Then the various processes from the straining of the juice to the loading for transportation are well pictured.
References : Sugar Industry of the Philippine Islands. — Neesom. Story of Sugar. — G. T. Surfase. Manufacture of Cane Sugar. — L. Jones.
84-b Tea (Gathering and Preparation) Pathe
The natives stripping, packing, drying, rolling and sorting the leaves according to size and shipping to Europe.
References: A Description of Ceylon and Its Great Tea Industry — H. W. Cave. A Popular Treatise on Tea; Its Qualities and Effects. — J. Sumner. Tea Machinery and Tea Factories. — A. J. Wallis-Taylor.
96 Decazeville and Its Metallurgical Works Pathe
Showing the drawing of the coke for the furnaces, the charging of the mixture of coke and ore. The conveying of the melted metal to converters and thence to the Thomas furnace, where the slag is eliminated. The final process of the tapping and rolling of the bars. A very instructive reel. Reference : Decazeville — Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 7.
111-b Gathering Pineapples Pathe
The picking of the fruit ; the canning processes in the factory and the preparation for shipment.
Reference: New International, Vol. 18 (Pineapple).
113 Where Does False Hair Come From? Pathe
Hair for wigs is obtained from the peasant women of foreign countries, who sell it by weight and according to quality. The buyer, or hair merchant, cuts it off, and it is then cleaned, combed, and made into wigs.