AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 1-16-2025

e e e hi everybody I'm skip eler welcome to the a Geeks lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16 millimeter films and I'm in my living room we're not at the archive because the archive is having some renovation work done so that's we've been here for a while um couple of months and hopefully we be back by April that is fingers crossed anyways um we watch old 16 mm films here and uh so this first film is about a war dog and it might end sadly U because the the title might be uh spoiler three feet in heaven [Music] enjoy hello Joe I've kind of hated to break the news to you chum knowing you're still in not up to your neck but take a gander yep honorable discharge I'm a civilian again no more pounding those beaches with that cold wind blowing up my tail I'm not saying I didn't enjoy your company dog face when the brass hats say I've had enough I'm not going to beef well looking back I'd say all in all the Army was good for me of course those early days had me a little punch drunk being bragged out of the privacy of civilian life all at once and going through that induction routine I felt as bewildered and helpless as a flea on a Mexican hairless but then the training snapped me out of it getting the lard off of my hips and developing muscles I hadn't used since I was a young punk and challenged two aires I felt a little sorry for the muts that were being washed out but well it takes men to fight a war I found out this wasn't for kids when the training got [Music] rugged and when they showed us what we were up against and those Why We Fight pictures we finally knew what the war was about in compass that's when you and me teamed up Sentry Duty around the post first and pounding those beaches for 2 years it was kind of a shock when they Shi you in some of those muts overseas without me but I was glad you weren't around later when they told me I'd had enough as soon as they decided to make me a civilian they sent me to a camp where the hired help put me through what they called defrosting you see the idea is to unlearn all learned you to make you like everybody instead of sticking by one guy you know everybody's sweetheart some of the muts wouldn't go for the treatment oh they how they joined up the fight and they're going to keep right on fighting so I guess they're in uniform for the rest of their lives I felt the same way at first but oh I don't know sleeping in a warm kennel nights getting nothing but kind words finally I was putty in their hands my heart was practically busting with love for my fellow man by now you could biback me with a bevy of cats so they cleaned me up prettier than a trops peeking e and gave me a final physical that proved I was in even better shape than when I joined up but here's the payoff Chum when my master got the news that I was fit and ready to be returned to civilian life he decided I had a reward coming you know what it was 2 months in the mountains on a dude ranch for dogs yeah yeah on the level a private Dude Ranch strictly for man's best friend I could hardly believe my nose you should get a load of some of the identities here this is the sheriff top man and whole brother does he know it here's a nephew of Napoleon you know that canine in the cartoons this jerk insisted on living here they tell me he thinks he's a cuckoo clock practically all the dogs are here for the duration on a count of their folks being in uniform red belongs to an admiral Jake's master was captured at corgador Chang has both his master and mistress in uniform and was a sad cookie till he got acquainted with the little number next door yeah they met on a picnic down by the lake and discovered they both like the same things and now it's carved for all the world to see those picnics are really something mostly they're along the lake shore with plenty of swimming and showing off in front of the Dames and of course a little of that old snuggler rooo later there's molded milks and man of war Burgers get a load of that slob next to me after you've got a Good Conduct rating you can go out on your own for a little hike and maybe chase a rabbit or two I'll never forget the first time I made this solo trip me all alone in the middle of all his Big [Music] Timber well good things have to end and besides I was kind of anxious to get acquainted again with my folks so I'm hustled into my private compartment and head bit of City well this was the moment I looked forward to but was afraid of hoping I wouldn't break down or they wouldn't you know I was even worried about being a family dog again so much time on my hands and nothing but brotherly love in my heart and then the kid's arm was around me and this new character was cooling at me and Wham it was just just like I'd never been away brother this is it this is worth everything and did I say time on my hands say did you ever take care of one of these little numbers all you got to do is blink an eye in a 1 second flat they're over the hill hey you get back where you belong y you on a double look at her the little punk thinks I'm sore man if she only knew how well the arm has defrosted me nice feeling Joe I hope this is for everybody someday A Place in the Sun free air to breathe and a decent job to be done good luck Joe may it be soon for [Music] you I thought somebody was going to die uh but they didn't show it um and I according to the comments many of you are incredulous about what happens to a Warg after they are dis honorably discharged um yeah I have no idea no idea but uh uh I think Kevin had it right that this was probably made uh to talk about the war effort in war bonds that's my guess um this next film let's see what the hidden message of of this is my guess is it's about Chevrolet I could be wrong [Music] enjoy hey Charlie looks like we're going to have competition that's a Fishhawk up there I don't know a Fishhawk when I see one well doc I'd say you didn't know a Fishhawk no self-respecting you Fishhawk could waste its time in this Pond yeah you watch and see there's a fish in this Lake he'll see him fellow says eyes like a hawk must have been thinking of that boy up there or his twin brother you know Hawks can see objects 10 times as far away as we can yeah yeah they equipped with regular telescopes good at seeing things eh n better I watch him die he spotted a fish he gets down there in a hurry doesn't he better than 100 Mil an hour and he never takes his eye off the prey look doc your Mighty fisherman missed him that time I tell you there's no more fish left in this Lake well I guess old Isaac Walton himself missed one once in a while for that matter fish have got pretty good eyes to themselves to protect them in their enemies now wait a minute don't tell me a fish has got eyes like a hawk no but a fish can see where a Hulk can't nothing can sneak up on him you look here most fish like the trout have lenses in their eyes that are round like a ball he's got two of these eyes back to back in the sides of his head so Mr trout can see Prett everything on the left side with his left eye and everything on the right with his right eye here in front he sees with both his eyes and cover the rear guard he sees with both his eyes back to here how do they expect a man to catch fish with all that lined up against him oh that isn't all a fish can see above him that includes things out of the water like a man on the bank I give up from now on you can settle with me for canned salmon wait a minute boy wait there's one spot where a fish can't see a thing where is that right in front of his snout it's a small place but he has to use his nose to smell what goes on there well that's different that's exactly where I'm going to aim for from now on watch me the champion fly cter well Doc is Right fish do have remarkable eyes and many birds reptiles and animals have strange and interesting seeing mechanisms too scientists today are not satisfied with just a bird's eye view of the world they're trying to find out what the world looks like to turtles monkeys squirrels and guinea pigs as well one of the most interesting sets of eyes they've disced discovered is that of the tarer a goggle eyed little animal recently brought to the United States from the Philippine Islands at Yale University School of Medicine Dr John F Fulton and his associates are learning a lot about tarer the only two in America and this is the first time they have ever been before the motion picture camera tarer sees a lot of the world through these Gog lies of his they cover over half his face and along with a neck he can swivel in a half circle they give him a good view all around him scientists are studying tarer and other animals and birds because they want a better understanding of human eyes and the facts they've learned about human eyesight have been valuable in the designing of many everyday things in the modern world for example the type faces that we read the conditions under which we work and our homes where we live and play have improved because of a better understanding of human eyesight and scientific research goes beyond the laboratory certainly our most common form of transportation the Motorcar reflects in its design and Engineering the knowledge of the human seeeing mechanism that science has accumulated to give a wide angle of vision for safe driving a glass has been developed that can be used in large sections without view obstructing supports safety plate glass in Motorcar Windows is a sandwich of two pieces of plate glass with a chemical plastic between laminated by heat and pressure into a clear strong plate with the toughness to withstand blows to the safety of strength has been added the safety of unblurred vision this scene taken through ordinary safety sheet glass with all its Distortion contrasts with the same scene shot at the same angle through the window of a 19 40 automobile with safety plate glass there's no Distortion here it's as clear as Crystal unblurred visibility in the modern automobile allows full use of our seeing mechanism a most important fact about the relation of our eyes to driving is that we have two fields of vision binocular seeing with both eyes and monocular seeing with each eye alone the driver has a fairly broad field of binocular vision straight ahead everything within the area marked by the arrows is seen by the driver with both eyes very clearly and then out of the right eye alone the driver can see everything in the area at the right marked by the arrows this is monocular vision not nearly as sharp as binocular vision on the left side the driver has another slice of single eye vision without moving her eyes or her head she can see the car coming up on her left even even though objects in the monocular field of vision aren't particularly clear movements seen monocularly out of the corners of her eyes are instantly detected and draw her attention the engineers have taken advantage of our binocular vision in the scientific design of the car for example the corner post is no longer an obstruction by taking a scene with two cameras one in the position of each of the driver's eyes we can see how binocular vision enables the driver to see round a thinner stronger corner post here is the scene taken with the right eye camera and this scene was taken with a Left Eye camera when the left eye and the right eye scenes are combined the thin solid line of the corner post has disappeared and around it the driver sees clearly with both eyes over a wide angle everything considered man has a good mechanism for seeing he may not have the spherical lens of the throat or the swivel neck of tarsier but then he doesn't need them let's see if tarsier would really have any advantage in the modern automobile this camera on a swivel will cover the same field of vision that the little goggle eyed animal would have such equipment might be handy in traffic at that on the left the field of vision is a complete half circle and also a half circle on the right except for the slope with the back of the top and the door and windshield supports this closed car allows a complete field of vision now let's change the lens in the camera and take a picture of what a fish might see if he could drive an automobile a fish can see a complete half circle at one time with each eye without moving its head this special camera has a spherical lens like that of a fisheye and this is the field of vision a fish would have through the windshield of an automobile it's all very complete but it makes you a little dizzy and after all perhaps it's best that we don't have the field of vision of a fish or the field of vision of tarer if we had to look like him [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh that t tarer oh we love it is so pretty um you know that it has that ideal of the big eyes and the little face you know that's like an anime anime animal uh let's see so a lot of these films uh if not all of them are from the prelinger archive we've been uh doing work to um get some of that stuff online on YouTube that has not been put online on our Channel um we've been working with pranger archive for more than 20 years uh digitizing stuff mostly stuff that they already had uh transferred to uh beta tape um and we digitized it and uploaded it to the internet archive and um we still help we still do stuff uh this is as The Twig is bent what do you think it's about do you think it's about trees you think it's about Twigs is it about bending what is it about uh write in the comments let's see if you're right enjoy [Music] [Music] [Music] these are America's future citizens the kids they are fighting for all over the world these are the boys and girls to whom we must look for leadership in our post-war democracy these are America's hope for the [Music] [Applause] future but as The Twig is bent the trees inclined these were the boys and girls of yesterday kids whose fathers and brothers fought for them in First World War they too might have become good American citizens but instead enemies of society [Music] the [Music] [Music] behind every hardened criminal is a shadow of a youthful law breaker into the pattern of every major crime is woven a story of Parental neglect of misguided youth just as The Twig is bent the trees incline [Music] the American home is fast becoming home in name only thousands of families migrating to industrial areas are faced with inadequate housing and Recreation facilities parents working side by side in essential factories offices and shipyard sacrifice the equally essential job of maintaining a normal home life [Music] children of all ages are feeling the effects of War an impressionable young minds are too often being influenced into wrongdoing smaller children left to their own devices are following the example of older children and learning habits and practices far too old for the [Music] years School AG children without supervision are playing hookie from school and spending their time on the streets in theaters and other places of amusement [Music] teenage boys and girls are leaving high schools and colleges for well-paying jobs Pockets filled with money these young people are seeking dangerous Thrills and excitement in semi darkened taverns where Juke boxes and dance flaws often lead to trouble [Music] young romantically inclined girls confused by the hero worshipping Spirit of wartime are finding it hard to resist the glamour of military uniforms [Music] Boy Meets Girl romances culminate in Hasty marriages with short and hectic honeymoons even well brought up and well-intentioned boys and girls in their late teens and early 20s are victims of War's restlessness before they scarcely become more than friends the boy has ordered to duty mild from home and the girl returns to the comparative monotony of school or work in spite of their good intentions these young people often find themselves in dangerous situations during their Leisure Time in a world at war as in peace it is every parents duty to equip the younger members of the family for the postwar task ahead it is more important today than ever before to maintain a normal home life no parent can escape the responsibility of guiding the Next Generation to maturity if you must be away from home all day place your children in a community care center kindergarten or elsewhere in the charge of competent understanding supervisors know your children companions if you move to a new neighborhood find out with whom your small children are playing and meet their parents raise your children to respect the law rather than to fear it and to regard the policeman as their friends each growing boys and girls a true value of money have them start their own savings accounts and invest best part of their allowance in war stamps show them how a systematic saving program will help them attain the things they want and provide for their future security encourage your children to read good literature by subscribing to Wholesome magazines and by having them join your local lending library [Music] help them find Hobbies amusement and entertainment in the home join your local parent teacher Association attend the meetings regularly and participate in its activities get acquainted with your children's teachers and check with them frequently to make sure your boys and girls are attending school regularly and on time help keep your older Sons and Daughters out of trouble by encouraging them to bring their friends to your home insist on meeting your daughter's dates and learn something about their backgrounds and associations whatever your religious Faith train your children to attend church services regularly and set an example by going with them as much as possible as parents you can render no greater service to your country and by providing a wholesome normal home life for your children give them the parental guidance and supervision they need to become good American citizens able to take their places as leaders in the new world that will be theirs his education forms the common mind just as The Twig is bent the trees inclin [Music] um yes so I have another film called as The Twig is bent which is totally different it's I think it's about Lutheran all right uh this next film hits home this is part of that Centron series uh about uh teenagers who have social problems and we are we are asked to help solve those problems this is the procrastinator enjoy [Music] [Music] Jean Jean can you help me with the dishes not now Mom I got to do my homework for English oh all right dear but do turn the radio off so you can get something done well it's okay mom the radio doesn't bother me at [Music] all what jean you haven't done your just taking a break Mom it's like this every night Jean you fiddle battle your time away it's a wonder to me you ever get anything done always putting things off until the the last minute I do get things done though don't I just by the skin of your teeth and with all of us helping I get to work I'll expect to see all this homework finished by 9:30 all right Mom hi Jean hi Marge finish all your homework no not quite I'll finish during first hour history class Miss Jones will just think of taking notes but jean there were only 10 words to Define I finished mine in practicing Mar didn't Mr Brown say he post the list of new class officers this morning I think so we voted yesterday morning so they should be ready by today gee I wish I knew who was elected wish that bused hurry morning morning [Applause] morning on golly Marge I'm sorry you didn't get elected oh well that's all right Gina will make a good social chairman she's got lots of good ideas yeah but she never sees things through she was chairman of the class assembly last year and it was one of the best we ever had sure I remember we did everything at the last minute just the same it was good that was just luck besides we're also mad we did everything we could think of to make it good Marge didn't any of you girls ever tell Jean about promising so much and then waiting until the last minute to get started oh yes we told her she said it was a good idea and then went right on doing like she always does what a girl here are the plans for the decorations they're real simple and we'll only need the gym the night before the party in fact if we start to decorate at 6:30 sharp we'll be all through by 8:30 let me see it Jean see she's really on the ball this time you just wait we still have a whole month to go I have a list of all the cray paper and stuff we need I'll bring them the night we decorate uhoh here it comes look Jean this decoration stuff is simple enough but there's more to it than just talking about it maybe you ought to point some committees to helping the gy refreshments we'll need to eat Jim you're in charge of getting wire for decorations okay okay okay Marge will you appoint a committee and make the invitations and programs for the dance and Frank you'll be business manager and sell the ticket a let's see decorations I'd like to shop for the crep paper myself I know just the colors I want and in the morning I'll see Mr Brown about the gym and tonight I'll make a list of the refreshments the committee is to arrange for J that's still too much for you to do by yourself why don't you appoint some more people to help you oh don't worry Marge there's no hurry I'll get it done I move we adjourn to the drugstore come on I'll see you later okay bye kids see you later oh Mr Brown I was just coming to see you and I was just coming to see you Jean I wanted to see you about getting the gym for Friday night and Saturday the day of our party Well jean you should have seen me about that some time ago you mean we can't have it well fortunately for you Jim saw me about it a few days ago so I did reserve the gym for the class but as chairman of that committee Jean you should have seen me about that reservation at least a month ago I'm sorry Mr Brown but gee with all the tests and everything I just didn't have time to well I hope you aren't putting off many more of your responsibilities because you haven't much time left oh yes sir I know that that I'm going downtown right after school tonight and get the decorations and Jean did you ever try making a list like this of the things you have to do and the time you have to do them in and then try sticking with the list oh sure Mr Brown that's a good idea well thanks for reserving the gym for us I've got to go now bye bye hi Alice say I've got the gous new record I want you to hear come on over after school and we'll play it I'm sorry Mrs Hill but I just don't know what Jean has done about Refreshments for the party you know Mrs Nelson I work during the day and I would like to know what Martha is to bring so that I can prepare it the evening before and get it out of the way I understand Mrs Hill and I'll talk to Gan and have her get in touch with you this evening thanks for calling Jean come here a moment please later Mom I'm supposed to meet the kids in a few minutes Jean but Mom Jean all right I'm coming what do you want mom Jean Mrs Hill just called and she said that you told Martha that she was to bring part of the refreshments for the party well sure all the kids are supposed to bring something but what are they to bring they don't know well golly this is only Thursday mom and the party isn't until Saturday Jean you be sure and call Mrs Hill today and let her know what Martha is to bring to the party okay oh and Mom fors for Miss Simmons and it's the last day I can't go until tomorrow Jean I'm having book club here this afternoon but if it's just odds and ends Jean Nelson this is terrible You couldn't possibly get all these things in one afternoon but G Mom we've got to decorate tomorrow night oh well I guess I'll have to see if I can go myself tonight before the stores close or tomorrow before we decorate Jean I just can't understand you why do you always put off everything till the last minute well I couldn't help it Mom there are just so many things to do and oh there's Marge bye now don't worry I'll get everything done I'll take care of everything Jean said at the time she really meant it but when she tried to call Martha's mother about the cookies the line was busy and when she tried to get to town that afternoon there were some other things she needed and the stores closed before she could buy the materials for the decorations anyway they're still tomorrow she'll have to work hard skip some other things she ought to do but jean works well under pressure yes they's still tomorrow and the hints the others gave her Marge advising her to assign some of the work to a committee and not try to do so much herself Mr Brown suggested ing she make a list of the things she had to do and the time she had to do them in Jim wanting her to get the job started weeks ahead while she still had time to get it finished yes Jean had plenty of hints on how to get things done and she had good intentions but something always happened to keep her from making use of their advice so Jean is polishing her nails they'll look nice for the party tomorrow she'll be here in a few minutes here I told you so I told you'd be like this now Jim there's no use getting upset about it well my mother's upset and I don't blame her Jean didn't tell me Tell the day what I was supposed to bring for a freshman and now Mom has to stay home from work and make cookies yeah we almost didn't get the gym either did you hear about that one yeah now listen this won't help there's still time to make this a good party Gina will be here in a few minutes with the decorations well she's 15 minutes late already oh what a chairman here let me help you gosh that doesn't look like much CRP paper well it isn't exactly what I had in mind but what do you mean it isn't exactly what you had in mind now wait a minute Jim I have been waiting we've all been waiting for 2 months why don't you have enough crate paper and why didn't you tell the kids about the refreshment and why did you wait until the last minute to reserve the JY I I've been so busy I'm busy my foot you just put it off like you always do Jim blaming Jean isn't going to help now I know but I'm going to tell Jean something she should have been told a long time ago now listen Jean it's okay with me if you get your homework in at the last minute that's your business but when you ruin the whole class party just because you keep putting things off none of us like it let me tell you something else wa well that's Jean story always putting things off procrastination it's called can you see how procrastination affected Jean her friends their party how could Jean manage her time better remember the hint some of the others gave her could you use them to good Advantage did Jean what do you think [Music] yeah we're not going to solve any of these problems for you you you what do you think yeah you figure it out you you deal with Jean um man I was the worst procrastinator I'm still not great but I used to be really bad uh in high school and I didn't really figure it out until much later all right what do we got uh peas green peas what does Delonte have to tell us about green peas enjoy [Music] [Applause] [Music] bye 15 American Standard Time the day and Rush is on as homebound workers throng the streets of every city town and Hamlet the Jane and John Doe's of the work a day world all of them made kin by thoughts of home and that looking ahead to dinner gleam in their eyes out at the other end of town it's hustle and bustle time too the climax of the day for Mrs housewife as she whips up the vittles for a family that will soon be in from work and play chubby to D's dressed today oh I don't suppose he meant to yes he did and he had to stay at the school for nearly through dear you just know it's getting close to nose bag time for here comes the the star border nothing could have torn Junior away from that Sandlot ball game but an empty inner boy hollering for heal H fun well Mom here here none of that what you got for din the mom this junior is a roast of lamb boy CH smells good now run along get ready for dinner son a gee your father be here any minute and hungry okay and does Mary Butler know her appetite appeal it's Delma early Garden peas tonight and when those succulent green gems go on the table as a partner to that roast well can't you just smell a dinner Fit For A King how the baseball game come out today son well we beat the Slugger Street and nothing you did make any home runs I made one good can I have some more dad what you've got a regular man-sized appetite tonight son well I've been doing man-sized work you mean chasing that baseball around the sand line well it makes you awfully hungry that's his third helping daddy so what you've had two now now children there's plenty for everyone daddy did you have piece like this when you were little yes Lynn we had peas that tasted just like these only not as often as you do why not well we had to wait until they were in season I used to go out in the garden and pick them fresh for dinner daddy how to pece grow Anna Vine stupid don't you know anything that's enough Junior finish your dinner I mean how do they get in the can you really want to know uh-huh well I'll tell you after dinner we'll get the big wonder book and I'll tell you the whole story well how's daddy's little girl tonight huh well that's that's good that's it no this isn't a page here it is you know when I was a boy we had a small vegetable garden not far the kitchen door when peas were in seasoned mother used to send me out to pick them she and your Aunt Carrie used to shell them by hand but nowadays think how much easier it is why we can have fresh peas any Day in the year grown especially for canning on great farms like this down below hedged around by a checkerboard of golden grain fields and yellow green corn are the Pea fields of the Midwest part of America's great peag growing region much of this fertile soil as in other favored pea regions is now farmed by Delma plan planted to bring each field to perfection in proper succession that canning may continue in full swing Rhythm throughout the season here during the Blackhawk War a trio of famous men Abraham Lincoln Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis gathered together in conil on a piece of land now farmed by Delonte who could have foreseen in in that distant hour that the rolling prairies of Illinois Would One Day become this lush green garden in the towns that D the countryside breathes a social and economic life that hinges on the Harvest and canning of vegetables for the market baskets of the world as the season nears conversation on every hand turns to one major question how's the pack this year for when the pods are well filled and the Harvest heavy there's work for everyone and community Prosperity from the surrounding Fields endless truckloads of peas harvested just at the instant nature says Ready Converge on big canaries like this one located at strategic points wherever the peas grow best long before the vines and the fields poked their tendrils above ground Delma field men were busy on soil tests fertilization selection of seed and painstaking soil preparation lending every scientific Aid to develop the finest peas that can be grown for it's in the field and in the field alone that quality is made now with the vines full grown every Safeguard is taken to protect that quality right into the can every field must be cut when the peas are just so timing counts and how 1 hour too early or too late and that Prime quality may be lost forever comes the zero hour and harvesting Begins the peas and their pods are just busting their buttons with on the minute freshness there's not an hour to lose and the mowers move in to capture that June morning flavor right off the vine there's no twiddling thumbs when Nature's the timekeeper from the minute the field Checker gives his goahead it's a race of men and machines against time it's a chain of many links this Harvest job each dependent on the other if only one machine fails the chain is broken the whole canning sequence thrown out of stride when the vines are covered with Dew and the pods are crisp and snappy when the peas are at their Peak that's when the mo Goes to Town High tailing its way down the Pea Patch It Shear off each Vine like barber clippers on the back of your neck and then like a juggler that does a different trick with either hand rolls them into tidy R ready for the loading Crews that follow right behind with train schedu Precision the loaders follow right on the heels or rather the Clippers of the mowing machine pods are still crisp with Dew as that venerable Farm tool the Pitchfork begins hoisting them onto the wagons relentlessly the wagon trains move down the windr pitches on either side holding a steady face to keep in motion the rhythmic cycle from cutting to canning there's no stop sign for these men until the wagons are loaded and if you've never worked on a farm just try that on your sacral iliac but maybe this type of Pitchfork is more to your liking fast mechanical loaders to speed up the Harvest on big farms like this straddling the rose so as not to injure the pods it carries its own passport to any spot in the field its endless Grapplers gentle as a kitten pick up the vines take them for an escalator ride and toss them lightly onto the load more and more Delma uses such high-speed equipment to step up the Harvest Pace to safeguard that distinctive quality Delma demands in peas for Delma methods like Delma men must lead in the march of progress loaded now looking like a parade of gray green circus elephants linked trunk to tail The Wagon Train Lumbers across the fields to the Vining station for the next chapter of P progress hour after hour the loaded wagons roll up to the viners those shiny cylinders that look like aluminum Prairie Schooners the Vining station is the heartbeat of the Harvest a teeming beehive of men in Machinery that does what the housewife used to do by hand shell the peas this machine of planting slow costly hand methods really put America into the pee business in a big way what happens inside the Viner is much the same as if you tossed a pea podt in the air and gave it a firm whack with a flat paddle inside the Viner huge paddles set at just the right angle smack each mass of falling pods and Vines the air inside each pod is compressed by the blow the Pod bursts open at the seams and the tender peas burst out just as firm and un injured as though you had shelled them by hand and so the Harvest job goes on often through the night there's only one moment in the life of every PE field when Nature says now is the time to act and be it Dawn or midnight that's the instant Delma men spring into action only such vigilance can capture the tenderness and flavor for which the Delmar label always stands short moments away from the Harvest Fields the peas arrive at the caner where they Wonder perhaps what are these fellows doing but they'll have to get used to constant inspection by the time they're ready for the shiny tins at the other end of the caner they'll be the most scrutinized peas in the world here is the dispatch room that starts the pe's over the packing line from here on every pee will pass through test after test elimination after elimination until at the end only the very Prime peas will have won their Spurs for the delmonti early Garden pack from start to finish it's every pee for himself and only the fit survived chapter 1 in the canary story is the Shaker cleaner a cute Gadget with a movement like a Rumba dancer only more of it the Peas dance along until they find a convenient little manhole to drop through while any pods stems or bits of Vine get shunted onto a Sidetrack this is just a sort of warmer upper those peas Ain't Seen Nothing Yet now the peas cease to be land lovers and turn into longdistance swimmers and what a dunking in the riffle washer they shoot the chots in clean fresh water so regulated that peas pass over while heavier matter is trapped in the riffles then they get taken for a ride by a spiral conveyor that boosts them belong to a rotary washer being heavier than water peas sink to the bottom bits of stems leaves or Skins are skimmed off the top by now Mr and Mrs P began to think life in a caner is one long Saturday night in the rotary washer they take a scrubbing like a small boy whose folks are expecting company if peas had ears this washer would get behind them and that's no fooling the next operation gives two things an elevator ride and a bubble bath as the peas travel up a pipe conveyor to the top floor of the caner the water that carries them is bubbled constantly by a stop andgo surge of water every little Pee goes to the top in a billow of foam and gets a shampoo in the bargain the water separator drains the peas and at the same time eliminates loose skins and broken pieces now here's real magic the Colossus greater and what slight of hand stunts it does up to this point peas of every size are mixed together like a herd of sheep but that's no go when you're after flavor it takes skillful blending of just the right sizes to give that natural June morning taste so characteristic of the early Garden blend no one size or Si of peas can do it alone no hit or miss assortment of sizes can do it either so let's see what goes into the delmonti early Garden blend these peas sit for their portrait just as they came off the vines a jumbled collection of mixed up sizes many of them just don't have what it takes for delmonti so let's put them through the grer and sort them into their respective sizes now as peas grow in size their flavor under goes marked changes these two young fellows are weak and watery flavor hasn't yet had a chance to develop so delmonti says out you go as peas approach old age their sugars change to starch so these overgrown ones hard and starchy their flavor gone are ruled out too it's the blending of those in between sizes that gives the true natural pea flavor and that's exactly what delmonti takes for its early Garden blend The Pick of the pod gee I guess that's why they taste so good why of course you know I can hear my mother now feel the Pod son she'd say take just the best ones so I'd leave those skinny little flat ones that had no flavor and the big old ones that were hard and starchy and take just the prime plump ones like they do at that canery how were they good yes sir those peas we had tonight were just like old time yes keynote to DelMonte flavor the Colossus grer at one Fell Swoop unravels those mixed up sizes and cataloges them for blending the little ones first the big ones last and there you are so far so good our peas are nicely segregated into proper sizes but now another Safeguard the quality grader gives them a double check for Prime perfection in its continuous brine bath any hard starchy peas sink to the bottom like pebbles in a duck pond the tender sweet ones being of lighter specific gravity Bob up to the top and travel swiftly on to further Proving Grounds still the Elimination race goes on from the quality grater the peas travel onto fight conveyor belts where sharp eyed experts armed with automatic Pickers are on the alert for broken or discolored these this is just one more Safeguard to the quality of that early Garden blend after this careful working over the peas roll off the belt and into Hoppers that channel them into the blending plumes these bring together peas of the selected sizes not too young not too old but just those exactly right in between sizes to produce that natural delicate right offthe Vine flavor there's no hit or miss no guesswork in that famous Delmont pack when these selected middle sizes come together in the final Blend you get a balance of the finest flavor ever captured from a garden on a dewy Jeune morning up to this point it has been a long series of cold tubs and showers for those fast traveling peeds now in this long cylinder the Blancher they take their first hot water plunge winding up a cleaning job that started way back at the other end of the canery and then just as you do in your own shower of a morning the bees jump under that last cold spray on the Shaker Washer by now every one of those ambitious young peas knows its Bend places and no mistake about it comes now the final ordeal a rigid inspection for broken pieces or discolored specimens if a p can get by this Gauntlet of sharp eyed eliminators it can throw out its chest and say I'm a world champion I made good why all this trouble all this constant inspection the careful selection and painstaking elimination because delmonti is determined that any product under its label will be the best that nature science man and machines combined can produce that's the answer these are the prime peas of the Harvest skillfully Blended to produce that succulent right from the Garden Flavor uniform in color uniformly tender as perfect as nature could make them it's the last lap now and those tender peas like a June morning peeking at you through a window are lined up at attention awaiting their turn at the filling machine just before the fill each can gets a cleansing blast of live steam canning is a fast tempo climax that happens faster than you can say Delon and the filling machine little less than human fills each can at the rapid fire rate of 3 to the second then away they March like an endless parade of proud D soldiers into the automatic sealer where caps are crimped on and they're ready for the cookers huge pressure cookers checked and checked again by rigid time and temperature controls only a short while before the peas inside those cans were growing in the fields in any man's language that's traveling such is the story of delmonti peas a story of quality started long before the seeds themselves were planted in the soil a quality nurtured in the fields by scientific cultivation improved in the canery by careful selection and exacting supervision and made available under the famous Delma label to Housewives everywhere from field to Canary it's one continuous cycle of unremitting care of men methods and machines all dedicated to one ideal that delm Marti peas shall be none but the pick of the pod [Music] all right um yeah so that that film was made early enough that it was convincing people that um on the whole concept of canned vegetables the idea that you could have quality vegetables year round and it was worth the extra money that you would pay because you could have it in your pantry and you didn't have to go and shell and you know like raise the peas or go to a farmers market and and do it all yourself that you could just buy it in this can um so I love that P assembly line footage it was so good big fan of that anyhow uh thanks for joining us today uh tomorrow is going to be pre-recorded because I'm going to be in Charlotte uh doing family stuff um because I had Co I didn't see my family during Christmas so that's what we're doing um rest in peace David Lynch Bob uker Etc uh Dave Lynch that's hard that was a hard one uh very much a fan of his work anyways uh have a great rest of your day we'll see you soon bye- bye for