Cocoa In South Africa (1920 1929)

Colonial Cocoa Plantation, South Africa. Cocoa farming processing on plantation some good footage. Opens with shot of cocoa tree the ripe fruit pods ready for harvest. A few African men sit on the ground cracking pods with mallet tossing them to other men who open them. Shot of man using longhandled tool to spread the fruit over a large rather ricketylooking table. A long line of African women and men walking up a dirt path carrying bags of cocoa beans on their heads. People walking through forest in single file. Shot of women walking across log stretched over ravine in the forest, she is followed by woman carrying baby on her back. Cars driving down road, passing a few small buildings, a man on bicycle and a few pedestrians. Shot of men dumping bags of cocoa beans into separate piles. Another group of men rake the beans, spreading them into an even thin layer. Wide shot port from where the beans are shipped. Pan over area: many bags crates stacked up on shore, workers