Mark of Wholesome Meat, A
Mark of Wholesome Meat, A is a short film from 1964 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Explains what it takes to earn the right
scale TO cutting patty TO puts in blender TO MS lab man and blender 24:52:71 CU blenders and petri dishes being filled with mixture 25:09:80 XCU petri dish, tweezers holding paper sample mix (pan to another dish) TO petri dish from above 25:37:76 XCU lab man with test tubes 25:47:36 MS lab man holding test tube (pan to) another lab man 26:04:91 MCU lab man with Bunsen burner and petri dish 26:30:16 MS African American man at magnified image machine TO CU of magnified image 26:43:98 CU lab man at microscope 26:57:62 MS *stock shots* chemist testing for proteins at machine (tilt up) to glass beakers TO CU hands and boiling liquid in beakers 27:24:78 MS lab man at lie detector like machine with voice over about determining the species of the meat 27:43:85 CU species detector machine 27:59:64 MS over the shoulder of woman opening cans of meat in laboratory kitchen 28:08:44 XCU woman s hands opening can of meat 28:24:38 MS lab man techno looking oven, pours fat TO CU pouring 28:34:69 CU hands pouring beakers 28:43:11 MS lab man at desk TO CO of chromatic paper 28:54:29 MS lab man exposing paper to ultraviolet light 29:15:30 MS lab man at gas chromatograph TO CU hands inserting into machine TO CU ofhand machine dials 29:35:78 CU graph 29:47:25 MS African American inspector man checking for radioactive particle on cow carcasses 29:57:80 CU African American inspector man checking for radioactive particle (shot through) cow carcasses 30:08:11 VS CU of anti-coincidence scaler (beta counter) 30:36:35 MS two men in white on canning line 30:44:73 CU canning equipment 31:04:50 CU *stock shot* Chili with Beans can held by woman s hands on electric can opener 31:07:20 XCU ingredients of Chili with Beans 31:20:70 MS woman in kitchen at stove emptying contents of can into pan 31:28:27 XCU Chili con Carne with Beans being stirred with wooden spoon TO pork with BBQ 31:56:40 CU Regulations Governing The Meat Inspection of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 32:16:38 LS office TO MS of woman and afro american man in office TO CCU man using index file 32:31:98 CU Fiesta Brand frozen dinners 32:37:33 XCU Philadelphia Style Scrapple , Georgia Hash , Spaghetti and Meatballs cans 32:46:50 XCU Quick Frozen Beef Stew label 32:56:49 LS two women in lab coats in lab kitchen TO MS opening cabinet of cans, hands to other woman 33:11:20 XCU bacon package on notepad, woman hand writing TO CU pan frying Bacon TO plate with bacon being sliced 33:54:13 MS businessman at desk looking at graphic illustration of package TO MS man, man and woman discussing presumably illustration 34:07:50 CU man stamping documents TO CU approved stamp of USDA 34:17:65 MS *stock shot* children receiving lunches at schol lunch counter 34:34:20 CU plate with hot dog chips 34:37:29 MS man preparing cold meat platter 34:43:67 LS meat section of grocery woman pushing cart with child
34:52:76 XLS above grocery store| Mark of Wholesome Meat, A | |
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| Produced by | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service |
Production companies | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service |
| Distributed by | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Motion Picture Service |
Release date | 1964 |
Running time | 18:19 |
| Language | English |
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to display the "stamp of approval" given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on packages. Describes how under the watchful eyes of federal meat inspectors in stockyards and processing plants and chemists, microbiologists, bacteriologists and histopathologists in USDA laboratories, American foreign meats must attain rigid standards before receiving the mark of wholesome meat.
SHOT LIST: 16:45:50 LS pan from city street to building construction 17:01:35 LS man in hard hat (supposed to be ironworker or construction worker) sits on bright red girder of building against blue sky, takes out huge sandwich from lunch box and eats (camera zoom to CU) 17:25:82 CU red table cloth and place setting, blue plate with large ham slice set down 17:30:45 MS man, woman (facing camera) at table in restaurant 17:35:27 MCU man, woman in crowd at sporting event, he gives V sign with hand and catches a hot dog wrapped in paper 17:40:93 MS hot dog vendor in crowd throws hot dog 17:43:87 CU woman bites hot dog looks over to (slight pan reveals) man she says (silent) It s good 17:50:65 MS man, woman he raises hand in a wave 17:52:27 MCU hot dog vendor s hands catching coins against blue sky and crowd, down to putting change into pocket 17:57:33 CU radio (pan to) picnic basket with hands of man, woman and child groping for food, woman pats away hand of child, woman hands unwraps salami package (with voice over: Easy to serve prepared meats are an accepted part of our everyday life, no more grinding, mixing, slicing or even cooking at home unless you want to 18:13:15 LS woman, man and three kids at picnic table 18:17:62 CU bologna on white bread with slices of square pastrami hand (woman) placed on top 18:31:90 CU labels of meat packages: Gerber s (baby logo visible), Hood Tamales with Sauce , Spaghetti with meat balls 19:11:15 LS woman, man and four kids at picnic table TO MS of same TO CU of little boys eating sandwich 19:22:38 XLS above cattle feed lot (force-fed concentration camp) 19:26:90 CU distressed cows herded through lot corridor to slaughter 19:32:87 LS of one section of the feed lot, two men (white man in overalls, African American man in white coat and hat - USDA inspector) and many cows 19:39:55 MS cows in feed lot 19:42:42 MS farmer and USDA inspector 19:46:80 LS farmer separates cow from others in the pen 19:58:05 LS another two men (African American and chubby white guy - USDA inspector) in feed lot, scatter sheep 20:04:95 LS shiny metal conveyor in slaughterhouse, two men white and hard hats inspect equipment 20:19:96 MLS pan two men in white inspect equipment 20:28:13 MS two men in white talking, one holding metal hook 20:34:30 MCU carcass of cow, man inspecting 20:45:10 CU fat of cow, United States Inspector stamp stamped 20:56:65 CU Asian man in white hard hat motioning with hand 21:00:50 CU U.S. Retained tag on carcass, stamped U.S. inspected and condemned 21:04:76 LS dead pigs hung by hind legs, enter in CU man pushing more pigs displaying disemboweled animal split chest cavity 21:17:71 MS man in white and hard hat inspects cow carcass 21:21:58 MS white man inspects cow carcass pushes cow away revealing another man inspector 21:25:70 LS two men inspect pigs 21:32:90 LS meat processing line to CU of meat on line 21:53:90 LS meat line, trimming the fat 21:57:51 CU man, USDA on hard hat 22:00:65 MS over shoulder of man inspecting gnarled meat 22:05:38 LS meatgrinder, man dumping salt into mixture TO CU of ground meat, man s hands dump salt in 22:18:02 MS over the shoulder of woman working at hot dog machine, long strands of frankfurters wriggle out, another woman collects them 22:25:55 CU hotdog machine pan to woamn hanging dogs 22:39:73 MS two inspector men looking into huge vat 22:43:78 CU vat with orange powder dumped in 22:53:95 CU inspector man looks back and forth (camera below) 22:59:91 CU bologna line 23:07:45 CU bacon packaging machine 23:13:89 CU sausage patty packing machine 23:20:62 CU bacon machine TO bacon package machine 23:34:25 MS over the shoulder of woman trimming bacon on line 23:40:78 MS woman and inspector man at square meat patty line 23:46:87 LS two woman, enter inspector man looks at wiener TO CU of man s hands at waist level holding hot dog 23:50:95 MS over the shoulder of man packing meat sample TO CU packing box 23:16:36 MS laboratory man puts meat patty on scale 24:27:07 CU patty put on