Economic Freeze: Cold Wave Brings Huge Citrus Loss
Economic Freeze: Cold Wave Brings Huge Citrus Loss
Clip: 425117_1_1
Year Shot: 1963
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1707
Original Film: 036-009-01
HD: N/A
Location: California
Timecode: 00:00:44 - 00:02:08
Economic Freeze: Cold Wave Brings Huge Citrus Loss The cold wave sweeping the nation has put the squeeze on the California citrus crop to the tune of Twenty-One Million! That's the loss to fruit frozen on the trees. 145,00 tons! Orange trees with frost on them. MS - A worker checks out the temperature on a special temperature gage reader for oranges. MS - Smudge pots burning fires to heat up the air around the trees. MSLU - Huge single blade fans used to heat up the air. MS - Oranges on a conveyor belt being fed into a truck. CUS - Open trailers are taking the fruit away for shipment to other plants.