Meat Packing
Meat Packing
Meat Packing: #29 from a series of "Industrial Geography of the U.S." educational films produced by Ford Motor Company
Meat Packing
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Meat Packing
Meat Packing
Title card reading "After the cattle have been bought, they are driven into this narrow passage way leading to the top of the processing plant." MSs cattle being funneled into plant. Title card reading "In less than forty-five minutes the cattle are changed into beef. The animal is killed, the hide, hooves and head are removed. The beef is now traveling slowly through the processing plant." MS men working inside the processing plant, using wire brushes on hanging beef carcasses. Title card reading "The heart, liver and other organs are removed." MS men cutting into hanging beef carcasses. Title card reading "The beef is cut in two parts or sides." MSU African American man sawing through center of hanging beef carcass. MCUs Caucasian man hacking away at carcass, splitting it into two. Title card reading "Each portion is carefully inspected by a government official. If approved it is..." MCU Caucasian man inspecting the beef slab. Title card reading "The meat which is not suitable for food is used in making grease. It is marked thus..." CU beef being stamped. Title card reading "Cleaning and washing in warm water." MS man using broom to clean beef carcass. Title card reading "The sides of beef pass into the chilling chamber, where the temperature is 36." MS beef in the chilling chamber. Title card "After the beef is chilled for thirty hours,. it is cut into quarters and placed in a cold storage chamber or...refrigerator to be shipped." MS Caucasian men cutting stabs of hanging beef and moving them on to the next stage. MS African American man grabbing a beef slab from hook and throwing it over his shoulder and moving it cold storage. MS beef packed into shipping refrigerator. MS men closing doors to the refrigerated shipping container.
Meat Packing
Title card reading "At your meat market the beef is cut into the different..." Good MS illustrated butchers chart, showing the various cuts of beef. MS beef slab hanging, butcher comes in with a knife. MCU slab of beef on cutting table. MS butcher cutting beef. Series of title cards followed by images of the butcher as the specific cuts of beef are displayed to the camera, the cuts include: "Hind Quarter", "Flank", "Lion", "Plate", "Shoulder", "Rib Roast", "Chuck". Illustration of a cow with butcher cuts outlined, text and arrows are added to highlight the cut and summarize the price for consumers: "Tenderloin most expensive cut", "Neck cuts are cheapest". Title card reading "In packing meat, less than half of any animal is used for meat. Formerly all waste parts were a loss, but in the modern plant the waste is made into valuable by-products as tallow and lard." CU beef fat labeled "tallow". CU block of oleomargarine cooking fat / lard (margarine). MCU bag of fertilizer. MS severed cow hooves labeled "Hoof". CU pale of "Glue", a hand reaches in grabs the brush and spreads the dark substance.
Meat Packing
Title card reading "In the largest packing plants 25,000 hogs from the Corn belt are made into pork..." MS stockyard as hogs are moved in pens, men sit on fences watching. Title card reading "The hogs are changed into pork in less than ten minutes. The animal is killed, scalded and a machine scrapes off the stiff bristles. The pork now begins its journey through the packing house." MS inside packing plant as men scrap hanging hog carcasses. Title card reading "Cutting the animal into sides." MS inside plant as Caucasian men hack away at hanging hog carcasses. Title card "Removing the fat or leaf lard." MSs men reaching hands into hog bellies, removing the fat. Title card "A moving platform carries the sides of pork to a cutter who removes the hams." MS hog moving along conveyor, Caucasian man cuts off the legs. Title card "Trimming the hams." MCUs hams being trimmed by band saw. MCU man cutting pork fat with knife. Title card "Ham is cured by using salt, saltpeter, sugar and spices. Packing the ham in salt to cure for 20 or 30 days." MS man stacking and salting hams for curing process. MS ham piled & salted for curing. Title card "After the ham is cured in salt, it is finished by hanging the dense smoke of a hardwood fire." MS/CU ham in smokehouse. Title card "Sausage is made of pork mixed with a cereal...filling the cases with sausage meat." MS men filling sausage casings. MCU women linking the sausage casings. MS sausages hanging during curing.
Meat Packing
Title card "The meat packing industry is greater than mining or limber..." Series of title cards followed by CUs of various types of fresh meats, "salted", "pickled", "canned meats". Title card "The End".