Beef Rings The Bell

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: MOS; EXCELLENT shots (in beautiful color) of cattle ranches, cowboys herding cattle, cattle auction. Butcher cutting sides of beef. SUPERB early 1960s backyard barbecue (at roughly 0:24:00), CU hamburgers cooking on the grill. Early 1960s family eating hamburgers outdoors in their backyard. Great shot (at 0:25:08) of man wearing chef's hat and apron ("Genius At Work") putting thick, juicy steaks on the barbecue grill. For barbecue shots, you couldn't do better than this film!!; PA-4146 ìBeef Rings The Bellî; 00:00:41:18 - 00:28:19:10 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Beef Rings the Bell - promotional film following beef production; from cattle ranches to family barbecues.; EXCELLENT shots (in beautiful color) of cattle ranches, cowboys; herding cattle, cattle auction, feed lots, holding pens. Butcher; cutting sides of beef, meat packaging & pricing, supermarket; consumers. GREAT early 1960s backyard barbecue, CU hamburgers; cooking on the grill. Early 1960s family eating hamburgers; outdoors in their backyard. Great shot of man wearing chef's hat; and apron putting thick, juicy steaks on the barbecue grill.; 00:00:41:18 - 00:05:18:05 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Title credit, cartoon w/ cow ringing bell for meal time. WS PAN; cattle herd w/ snow-capped mountains in BG. VS cattle (steers); grazing on ranch. VS of cattle ranch in winter, w/ rancher feeding; cows hay. VS of bull cow among herd. Cowboys (men on horses); herding cattle. Cattle in holding pens, fences. Men spraying; cattle w/ insect repellent, dipping them, inoculating them against; disease. Branding irons.; 00:05:18:06 - 00:08:47:20 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Cowboys on horses round up cattle in the Fall. WS ZO of cows; (steers) walking across plain, herding. Cattle in holding pens; grazing. Cowboys leading herd, cattle drives.; 00:08:47:21 - 00:10:57:04 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Cattle herds arrive at railroads, forced into holding pens by; cowboys. Ranchers on horses direct cows. Cattle loaded through; chutes on to train, stock cars. Cows (steers) on to train in; winter, snowing. VS trains on the move (Union Pacific Railroad).; Sign for Union Stock Trade Company claiming "World's Largest; Livestock & Meatpacking Center," Omaha, Nebraska. HA WS of holding; pens w/ cattle.; 00:10:57:26 - 00:12:22:18 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Excellent footage of of cattle auction. Steers driven to auction; floor. VS auctioneer taking bids on cows, speaking rapidly. Men; in audience (feed lot operators) raise hands to bid. Men on floor; relay bids to auctioneer.; 00:12:23:17 - 00:15:16:05 Color Sound ca. 1960s; AERIAL over cattle feed lots. Thousands of cows (steers) in; holding pens. TD of mill processing plant used for making animal; feed. Scientists working in laboratories. Scientific experiments; equipment. Agricultural equipment, farming machinery preparing; cattle feed. VS feed trucks filling fence-line troughs w/ food for; cattle in pens. Automated feeding machinery, food transported; directly to cattle troughs. Cattle eating feed.; 00:15:17:00 - 00:22:13:08 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Beef carcasses hanging in processing plant. Government inspector; examines each carcass & labels / stamps them with "USDA" approved; or choice. Plant workers (butchers) cut beef carcasses, put them; in refrigerated trucks for transport. Butcher (retailer) cuts; beef. Great diagram of cuts made on hind quarter of beef (butcher; points them out): the flank, the sirloin tip, the loin, & the; round. VS cutting beef, narrator describes where each steak comes; from as the butcher points it out. Diagram of the fore quarter w/; butcher pointing out cuts: the chuck, the shank, the brisket, the; plate, & the rib. Butcher cuts steer into different steaks.; 00:22:13:26 - 00:24:05:17 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Female factory worker wraps meat (steaks) in plastic + styrofoam w/; machine. Man (butcher) weighing meat packages + pricing them.; Consumers (shoppers) choosing meat at supermarket from refrigerated; display case. VS of advertisements for meat industry. PAN of; Nebraska license plate "The Beef State," + bumper sticker reading; Enjoy Beef Every Day.; 00:24:06:02 - 00:28:19:10 Color Sound ca. 1960s; Backyard barbecues. CU hamburgers on the grill. Cook serving; hamburgers. Friends & family eating hamburgers outdoors. Older; man cooking steaks (sirloins) on backyard grill. Man wears apron; Genius at Work) & chef hat. CU of steaks cooking on grill.; Credits (Union Pacific Railroad logo).