Coffee: The Pride of Colombia (1940s) Pt. 1 of 2

Coffee: The Pride of Colombia (194?) Pt. 1 of 2 William Ganz Productions for Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Map of South America & Colombia. 22:41:36 Colombian city street scenes: donkey & cart past, girl looks at camera, little traffic, people in swimming pool of luxury hotel. Art Deco office building, high angle streets, parked cars, churches, well-dressed crowds in Sunday best. Streets of Old City & vendors selling bric-a-brac, hats. 22:43:47 Traveling shots out of city to plantations w/ mountain vistas, people walking, aerial looking down on coffee plantation. Owner’s house w/ family outside. CUs coffee plant, men, women & children picking ripe berries containing seeds or beans. 22:46:58 Work of each picker checked & workers paid. Mules carrying crop up hill in bags. Coffee berries poured into processing machine, lightly crushed & soaked in water in stone channels, multiple times, moved by men w/ hoes. Yellow coffee crop spread over drying ground w/ rakes. A&P buyers examine beans. CU. Continued... Organ music throughout. Farming / Agriculture. South America 1940s. Third World Trade. Oddities; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.