Sugar Harvest In Taiwan (1958)

Taiwan aka Formosa. Long shots: aerials of typical sugar plantations in Ping Tung area of south-west Taiwan. Narrow gauge railways carry hundreds of workers to the cane fields for beginning of harvest (.). Hundreds of workers leave train, most of them women who perform lighter tasks (.) Harvest scenes: cutters walking to fields. Long pan of cane cutters walking to fields. cutting cane. cutting cane. Pan shot of cane cutters at work. girls in field. and women in field. with stalk of cane. take rest period in field. machete cutting cane. CU. of a typical Taiwan girl harvester tasting fresh cut cane. cane cutters resting. conveyors carry piles of cane from field to nearby tractor-drawn cart (2 shots). carts being drawn from field. Cut-in shots of driver of tractor. CU. of crane carts. being transferred from cane carts to narrow gauge railway cars. Aerial shots of cane fields after