LAND OF THE GRAPEFRUIT

Duration: 20 min

Year Published: 1942

Creator: Swank Motion Pictures

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Produced by Missouri Pacific railroad. Describes the grapefruit industry of the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. Shows cultivation of orchards, irrigation, picking the fruit and packing the fresh fruit. Making grapefruit juice and canning operations are shown. Packing the fresh fruit in cartons, loading cars, and refrigeration in fruit trains every night during the season is shown in detail.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 634 Audience level: trade-adult Format/cost: 16-sd-color-loan Distributors / rental: Not shown in source

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946