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California Packing Corporation, Industrial and Public Relations DepartmentGolden Harvest...Fifty Years of Calpak Progress (ca. 1950s)

History of a company involved in the California canning industry, with excellent footage of agribusiness and cannery operations dating back to the turn of the century. Incorporates the 1933 film "Out of the Spirit of '49," produced for the same sponsor. Director: Dave Butler. Writer: Phil Smith.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: California Packing Corporation, Industrial and Public Relations Department
Sponsor: California Packing Corporation (Del Monte)
Audio/Visual: Sd, C
Keywords: Agriculture: Food industry: Canning; Occupations: Cannery workers; California: History and culture

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Spuzz - - July 4, 2003
Subject: A Bunch of old films thrown together for the common good
Not much in the process of canning, but a fascinating collection of snippets of olf films made by the Calpak corperation to document it's growth. I was somewhat caught of guard, as I thought this film was just going to talk about the old film, and not talk about it's modern day operations. But soon I realized that was the whole INTENTION of this film, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mind you, it DOES have some modern day footage, but it's a fascinating comparison between the footage. Reccomended!

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Includes OUT OF THE SPIRIT OF '49, produced by California Packing Corp. in 1933.