Banana Industry - West Indies (1972)

Port of Spain, West Indies LS High angle shot looking down on women labourers carrying boxes of bananas to the ship. VS of native women packing “Geest“ bananas into boxes. The boxes are loaded onto trucks. Close-up shot of the porters receiving pay as they leave the ship. They collect coins and depart out of shot. BGV of banana ship in port. Excellent panning shots of West Indies. Various good close-ups of banana washing and weighing. Various shots of bananas being loaded onto truck and then driven away. Close-up of black man speaking (presumably being interviewed) 16 mm E/C neg. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulle