Reel

Vitamin E Caffie

Vitamin E Caffie
Clip: 318948_1_1
Year Shot: 1973 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1978
Original Film: WPA 525
HD: N/A
Location: Ohio
Timecode: 01:16:48 - 01:18:10

View of a young African-American man inside a small greenhouse. He waters a plant. CU of several pots with illegible labels. View of young man looking at a pot that he holds in his hands. CU of his finger pointing to a small plant starting to grow. View of a female African-American reporter interviewing the man. He explains that a bean seed could absorb Vitamin E through its cotyledons and have it remain within its system (plant nerd). He compares this to the human body. Reporter asks how long it will take before there is an adult sized plant. Man states 15 days for the plant, but 40 to 60 days for a bean. CU of a bean plant, focusing on the pod. View of man looking at plants.