Bibliograph

Sugar, rebuilding an island industry, United States Department of the Interior presents

Type

Label

Sugar, rebuilding an island industry, United States Department of the Interior presents

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Sugar, rebuilding an island industry

Oclc number

950267761

Responsibility statement

United States Department of the Interior presents

Runtime

Summary

Reel 1 shows the island of St. Croix, close-ups of charts of statistics on the population of the Virgin Islands, crowds in the streets, tractors clearing land, ground being plowed, houses being constructed, women working in cane fields, and oxen drawing cartloads of cut cane. Reel 2, sugar cane is cut by farmers on St. Croix, is carted to market, and is processed in a refinery. Shows tomatoes, limes, and livestock in the Islands; an experimental cotton crop at the Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station; housing construction; and laborers lined up at a pay window

Target audience

adult

Contributor