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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.

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.

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.

Summer sunshine for winter menus

Item is an instructional film presented by the Fruit Growers of the Okanagan and Kootenay Valleys of British Columbia. The film uses sugar from the Canadian Sugar Factories. Dorothy Britton demonstrates canning BC peaches. The film is narrated by Don Cameron. Other individuals involved include: K.L. Johnson (direction), A. Jones (cinematography), V. Spooner (cinematography) and K. Cutler (editing).

6 seed per meter

Item is a film documenting beet seed sowing equipment as six seeds per meter are planted into the soil. The film shows a monozentra precision drill sowing a naked chalked seed, followed by a palm precision drill sowing a naked chalked seed, then a monozentra precision drill sowing a pelleted seed and finally a palm precision drill sowing a pelleted seed. Film shows the process in both slow motion and at standard speed.

Province Reports: "Superfish," "Pizza," and "High Tech"

Item consists of three, two minute, "Province Reports," with Fred Latremouille, produced by Yaletown Productions for the government of British Columbia's "B.C. Enterprise" program. The first two reports have a clip of Bob McClelland, Minister of Labour. The first, "Enterprise and new ideas," discusses new industry in the province, specially featuring Atlantic fish farming. The second, "Enterprise and export," talks about B.C. exports and features a company in Richmond that exports pizza crusts to the USA. The third, "No.3 High tech," or "Enterprise and high tech," showcases the technology industry in B.C. featuring MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates and a short statement from Pat McGeer, Minister of Universities, Science and Communications.