LS High angle shot looking down on women labourers carrying boxes of bananas to the ship. VS of native women packing "Geest" bananas into boxes. The boxes are loaded onto trucks. Close-up shot of the porters receiving pay as they leave the ship. They collect coins and depart out of shot. BGV of banana ship in port. Excellent panning shots of West Indies. Various good close-ups of banana washing and weighing. Various shots of bananas being loaded onto truck and then driven away. Close-up of black man speaking (presumably being interviewed) 16 mm E/C neg.
Unknown user says
"Port of Spain, West Indies" should read Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Altering this clip's current date range, a clapperboard at 02:43 gives a filming date of 25 August 1971.
Unknown user says
Further footage from this shoot can be found in clip 3061.08.