CARGO FROM JAMAICA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 21671).

Synopsis

INSTRUCTIONAL. The banana industry in Jamaica.

Credits (30). Views of the hillside and banana plantations (76). Branches are cut down and the bunches of bananas removed from the branches. Natives carry the bunches of bananas on their heads down to the riverside where they are loaded into rowing boats (288). At the quayside, Kingston, natives carry the bananas on their heads to the cargo boats. The bananas are loaded into the cargo boat's hold by using a human chain (562). At London docks, the bunches of bananas are unloaded by the use of belt conveyors (673). Close-up of the bunches of bananas travelling on the conveyors...(film incomplete). (710 ft).

 

Titles

  • CARGO FROM JAMAICA
 

Technical Data

Year:
1933
Running Time:
11 minutes
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Director
WRIGHT, Basil
Producer
GRIERSON, John
Editor
WRIGHT, Basil
Photography
WRIGHT, Basil
Production Company
Empire Marketing Board Film Unit
 

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