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Chile, 30Oct89 Pesticides - Grape Pruning; Billboards; Orchard Spraying; Citrus Spraying

Reel Number: 221616-05

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1989

Country: Chile

Location:

TC Begins: 18:53:48

TC Ends: 19:17:38

Duration: 00:23:50

Chile, 30Oct89 Pesticides - Grape Pruning; Billboards; Orchard Spraying; Citrus Spraying 18:53:48 Continued...Man on edge of field of grapes finishes talking w/ a laugh. 18:54:03 CU woman on ladder pruning, thinning grapes w/ snippers & gloves. MS Other woman. 18:56:19 MS woman & very young boy pruning. Other women prune. 18:58:36 Large Hoechst (chemical company) billboard about stopping insects. Several views. 18:59:44 Man on tractor & two men spraying young trees in orchard from large tank behind tractor. 19:04:08 Billboard: Bayer Agroquimicos beside busy highway; traffic past. 19:04:52 Man digging large ditch across young orchard. CU of legs w/ many sores. 19:06:33 CU man talking to camera answering questions; smoking. Asked if it was one or many times. He says ??? Cut off at 19:07:49. 19:08:05 Chile03 31Oct89. Dripping faucet & small drain into field w/ grapes behind. 19:09:32 Young vineyard, pan across; views. 19:10:46 Two men in protective coveralls & mask spraying w/ pressurized hoses behind tractor in citrus orchard but much drifting of spray. CU of leaves w/ signs of aphids or ??. Tractor driver has no breathing mask. Various views. GOOD shots. 19:15:13 CU man fitting covering over head, putting on breathing mask (but no goggles) & metal hat; heavy rubber gloves & wearing boots. Spraying fruit trees. 19:16:28 Man interviewed, talks about being sick & benefit of farmworkers unions for safety. Interview continues on SN 501-101. Insecticides; Poisons; Safety; Agricultural Dangers; Agriculture; 1980s; 1989; South America; Farming; Child Labor; Hazards; Pesticides; NOTE: Hoechst AG was a German chemicals then life-sciences company that became Aventis in 1999. Was boycotted against in mid-1990s because of pharmaceuticals.

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