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The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company fonds Food Video With digital objects
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Sugar : The energy food

Item is an educational film about the beet sugar industry in Alberta. It includes an animation illustrating the growth of sugar beets. The film follows the full year cycle of researching and preparing for, planting, harvesting and processing sugar beets.

Sunshine to sugar : The story of beet sugar

Item is an industrial film presented by the Canadian Sugar Factories Company. The film documents the agricultural process of beet plantation and sugar beet extraction and manufacturing processes. Locations appear to be at farms in BC, and at a sugar factory in Alberta. Individuals involved include: Rod Parkhurst (camera), Rick Allen (lighting), Lou Williams (lighting), Paul Abram (grip), A.L. Lazenby (script), Al Jordan (narration), Tom Ashdown (animation) and Lloyd Strump (producer/director). Original reel also contains 59 seconds of "Summer sunshine for winter menus" at beginning of reel.

Take one baby

Item is a film produced by the British Sugar Bureau about nutrition with an emphasis on sugar and carbohydrates. Individuals involved include: Dr. A.C. Frazer (nutritional advisor), H. Bernard Hawley (nutritional advisor), Ivan Pattison (production assistant), Terence Twigg (editor), John Hawksworth (music), Wolfgang Suschitzky (photography), Anthony Gilkinson Associates (production consultants) and Sarah Erulkar (writer/director).

This is Manitoba Sugar

Item is an industrial film produced for the Manitoba Beet Growers Association and the Manitoba Sugar Company Limited. The film documents the sugar beet farming process in Manitoba, its harvest, transport, sugar processing and manufacturing. Focus is given to farming technology, the various extraction stages in the sugar factory, and the many uses for sugar in diets and the food industry. Photography by M.J. Sym and D. Campbell.