Record Salt Harvest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1457A
Date Released
9 May 1957
Date submitted
6 May 1957
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Salt Harvest. DESCRIPTION: Harvesting time in Colombia, and the crop is salt, produced by the evaporation of sea water trapped in huge man made reservoirs near the shore. This year’s yield of 42,000 tons was a record. SHOTLIST: GV of salt piles. Closer shot of same. CU of a shovel, shovelling the salt. LS. Two Indians with faces blackened for protection against the sun’s rays. One a woman, the other a man. Indian woman walking up serrated plank with a sack of salt on her back, and tipping it onto a large pile. CU of a pair of hands cupped, with large crystals of salt falling through the hands.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Industry and manufacture
Locations
Colombia
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
70607
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Record Salt Harvest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1457A, 9 May 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21663 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)