(main titles missing) Pt. 1 of 2
Promotional film for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. / Chesterfield Cigarettes
Tobacco crop in field. Map of US showing tobacco-producing regions.
20:09:55 Leaves of “Bright tobacco” type hung up to dry in curing barn. “Maryland” type tobacco - green crop in field, boy harvests by hand. “Burly” type hanging to dry. Map of Mediterranean showing areas where small-leaf “Turkish” tobacco produced. Flax fibre loaded into processing plant. INT flax pulp on production line formed into cigarette paper. Into rolls.
20:12:07 INT factory where dried tobacco leaves processed - male & female workers. Durham - Liggett & Myers warehouse complex - trucks arrive w/ huge hogshead barrels of tobacco for ageing - INT worker monitoring barrels in warehouse.
20:12:59 Plantation house - INT wealthy Virginia tobacco farmer w/ family - piles of tobacco leaves on table. Farmer mixing tobacco seeds in buckets - sprinkles across field. Kids paint birdhouse. Farmer inspects progress of tobacco seed bed.
20:15:07 Summer - fruit trees in bloom - farmer discing field on tractor. Dawn - farmer in kitchen making coffee, CU fried eggs cooking. GOOD Transplanting, farmhands lift seedlings from seed bed to field w/ young Black boy helping. CU seedling pushed into soil w/ metal tube implement.
20:17:22 INT farmer reading paper in chair, looks out window at heavy rain. Seedlings in rain. Farmer cultivating crop in sun, boys help w/ hoes. Farmer’s wife in kitchen garden.
20:18:45 INT farmer’s wife in kitchen w/ Black girl helper, deep freezing fresh vegetables. Modern appliances, VO “a farmer’s lady need not be a drudge”. Farmer’s wife & boys in flower garden - kids play w/ tiny puppies. Ladies’ Club members arrive for Summer Show at plantation - women in hats & pearls etc. look at flower displays in garden. Boys swim in creek. Tobacco crop much bigger - County Agent surveys crop w/ farmer. Farmer “topping” - breaks stalks of tobacco plants to stop flowers growing. Wheat & hay crops harvested. Boys help w/ dairy herd.
Farming / Agriculture; Tobacco Industry; Manufacturing; Smoking; Rural Americana; Race; Segregation; Daily Life; Farmers; Appliances; Blacks; South; 1947; 1940s; Recreation; Cigarettes; Advertising; Daily Life;
NOTE: GOOD color. Each/any continuous minute sold at per reel rate.
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(main titles missing) Pt. 1 of 2 Promotional film for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. / Chesterfield Cigarettes Tobacco crop in field. Map of US showing tobacco-producing regions. 20:09:55 Leaves of “Bright tobacco” type hung up to dry in curing barn. “Maryland” type tobacco - green crop in field, boy harvests by hand. “Burly” type hanging to dry. Map of Mediterranean showing areas where small-leaf “Turkish” tobacco produced. Flax fibre loaded into processing plant. INT flax pulp on production line formed into cigarette paper. Into rolls. 20:12:07 INT factory where dried tobacco leaves processed - male & female workers. Durham - Liggett & Myers warehouse complex - trucks arrive w/ huge hogshead barrels of tobacco for ageing - INT worker monitoring barrels in warehouse. 20:12:59 Plantation house - INT wealthy Virginia tobacco farmer w/ family - piles of tobacco leaves on table. Farmer mixing tobacco seeds in buckets - sprinkles across field. Kids paint birdhouse. Farmer inspects progress of tobacco seed bed. 20:15:07 Summer - fruit trees in bloom - farmer discing field on tractor. Dawn - farmer in kitchen making coffee, CU fried eggs cooking. GOOD Transplanting, farmhands lift seedlings from seed bed to field w/ young Black boy helping. CU seedling pushed into soil w/ metal tube implement. 20:17:22 INT farmer reading paper in chair, looks out window at heavy rain. Seedlings in rain. Farmer cultivating crop in sun, boys help w/ hoes. Farmer’s wife in kitchen garden. 20:18:45 INT farmer’s wife in kitchen w/ Black girl helper, deep freezing fresh vegetables. Modern appliances, VO “a farmer’s lady need not be a drudge”. Farmer’s wife & boys in flower garden - kids play w/ tiny puppies. Ladies’ Club members arrive for Summer Show at plantation - women in hats & pearls etc. look at flower displays in garden. Boys swim in creek. Tobacco crop much bigger - County Agent surveys crop w/ farmer. Farmer “topping” - breaks stalks of tobacco plants to stop flowers growing. Wheat & hay crops harvested. Boys help w/ dairy herd. Farming / Agriculture; Tobacco Industry; Manufacturing; Smoking; Rural Americana; Race; Segregation; Daily Life; Farmers; Appliances; Blacks; South; 1947; 1940s; Recreation; Cigarettes; Advertising; Daily Life; NOTE: GOOD color. Each/any continuous minute sold at per reel rate.