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Gifts of the Sun

1946/17 min 53 sec/50 shots

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This 1946 Del Monte Food Products film uses vivid Kodachrome footage to show how California apricots, prunes, peaches, and raisins are grown, harvested, dried, processed, sorted, weighed, and packed. Narrated by Dr. Sunshine, it documents agricultural work and dried-fruit production in California.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: Del Monte Food Products
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Gifts of the Sun
Date: 1946-06-16T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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