Southeastern States (Second Edition)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
00:15:56 Rural Southeast US scenes: prairies, hills, rivers. Traveling shots past farmland. VO “warm climate and abundant rainfall”.
00:16:40 Map of US w/ six regions - zoom in on Southeastern region - subdivided into 11 states - Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Arkansas etc. Location of Jamestown settlement shown & animation depicting settlement. 00:17:34 Plantation house. Bales of cotton loaded onto truck. Paddle steam boat along river.
00:17:59 CU hands of Black worker picking cotton. VO re changes to region after American Civil War. Washington’s home at Mount Vernon; Jefferson’s Monticello mansion. Statue of General Lee. Farmer plowing field on tractor.
00:18:45 Map of region shows population distribution & farming belts. Sub-tropical fruit belt & others.
00:19:11 Worker on ladder picking citrus; sugar cane cutting; vegetables picked, crates packed & loaded onto truck. Cornfield; apple boxes in orchard onto tractor & trailer. Mechanical cotton picker; bales loaded onto truck. Tobacco harvested; leaves in warehouse market; auction w/ buyers inspecting & auctioneer’s voice heard. Cattle pens; feeding chickens by hand. Man plowing w/ team of mules.
00:20:43 Deep soil erosion. Farmer filling planter & planting & fertilizing field on tractor.
00:21:10 Hydro-electric dam & electrical towers.
00:21:27 Cotton bales wheeled by Blacks; White woman working in textile mill or factory at giant loom. 00:21:54 Cotton seed along conveyor. Tobacco crop in barrels; CU cigarettes along conveyor in factory. Fruit along conveyor. Logs on truck; new furniture loaded onto truck. Coal into steel mill. Aluminum smelter.
00:23:04 Map of Southeast showing exports & imports.
00:24:28 Rural montage: farmhouses, country school, local store, tiny church, courthouse. City montage: street scene; suburban homes, school, church, large hotel, workers out of factory.
00:25:22 Map showing location of large cities.
00:25:34 Farm scenes. Industrial plant; poor rural house, city monument w/ Black women past; White university campus. Black nurses out of hospital, walk past Black doctor. Pedestrians cross busy city street. Dam.
Travelogues; Geography; Economy; Economics; Americana; Deep South; Farming / Agriculture; 1950s; Segregation; 1956; Educational Film;
NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.
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Southeastern States (Second Edition) Encyclopaedia Britannica Films 00:15:56 Rural Southeast US scenes: prairies, hills, rivers. Traveling shots past farmland. VO “warm climate and abundant rainfall”. 00:16:40 Map of US w/ six regions - zoom in on Southeastern region - subdivided into 11 states - Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Arkansas etc. Location of Jamestown settlement shown & animation depicting settlement. 00:17:34 Plantation house. Bales of cotton loaded onto truck. Paddle steam boat along river. 00:17:59 CU hands of Black worker picking cotton. VO re changes to region after American Civil War. Washington’s home at Mount Vernon; Jefferson’s Monticello mansion. Statue of General Lee. Farmer plowing field on tractor. 00:18:45 Map of region shows population distribution & farming belts. Sub-tropical fruit belt & others. 00:19:11 Worker on ladder picking citrus; sugar cane cutting; vegetables picked, crates packed & loaded onto truck. Cornfield; apple boxes in orchard onto tractor & trailer. Mechanical cotton picker; bales loaded onto truck. Tobacco harvested; leaves in warehouse market; auction w/ buyers inspecting & auctioneer’s voice heard. Cattle pens; feeding chickens by hand. Man plowing w/ team of mules. 00:20:43 Deep soil erosion. Farmer filling planter & planting & fertilizing field on tractor. 00:21:10 Hydro-electric dam & electrical towers. 00:21:27 Cotton bales wheeled by Blacks; White woman working in textile mill or factory at giant loom. 00:21:54 Cotton seed along conveyor. Tobacco crop in barrels; CU cigarettes along conveyor in factory. Fruit along conveyor. Logs on truck; new furniture loaded onto truck. Coal into steel mill. Aluminum smelter. 00:23:04 Map of Southeast showing exports & imports. 00:24:28 Rural montage: farmhouses, country school, local store, tiny church, courthouse. City montage: street scene; suburban homes, school, church, large hotel, workers out of factory. 00:25:22 Map showing location of large cities. 00:25:34 Farm scenes. Industrial plant; poor rural house, city monument w/ Black women past; White university campus. Black nurses out of hospital, walk past Black doctor. Pedestrians cross busy city street. Dam. Travelogues; Geography; Economy; Economics; Americana; Deep South; Farming / Agriculture; 1950s; Segregation; 1956; Educational Film; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.