RHODESIA'S PRECIOUS WEED

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 59553).

Synopsis

John Hooper weighs up the tobacco industry in Rhodesia - interviews with farmers and black workers about the working relationship; the sorting and grading of the product; auctions in Salisbury; interviews with the auction floor manager and Tobacco Trade Congress delegates; an exhibition about "Blue Mould", a European tobacco disease: the work of the Rhodesian Tobacco Research Board; tax statistics; demand and supply; the head of the Tobacco Export Promotion Council describes the reponsibilities of the Council and is asked about smoking and lung cancer; prospects.

 

Titles

  • RHODESIA'S PRECIOUS WEED
Series Title:
BALANCE
 

Technical Data

Year:
1963
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
950 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Rhodesia
Director
LAWS, Geoff
Sound Recording
BARTLETT, Terry
Director of Photography
PEEL, Geoff
Director of Photography
SHEARS, Ron
Editor
LAWS, Geoff
presenter
HOOPER, John