Oil From Nuts (1940-1949)

A British Instructional Film. Nigeria, Africa. Graphic maps show the location of Southern Nigeria. Man chopping Palm Kernel from top of tree. The outside is hacked off and the kernels spread on the ground. Ground nuts in Northern Nigeria. Men carrying sacks on their heads. Truck carrying sacks, freight train. Lagos - docks. Raw materials processed in Liverpool. Top shots of the docks. Winch in operation lifting cargo. Men at work on docks. Sacks being unloaded. Baskets of loose goods emptied into chutes. Factories and warehouses. Nuts loaded into warehouse by an “elevator“. Storage silos with nuts pouring in. Mechanical carriers, buckets containing nuts. Cargo is inspected to remove any rubbish. Light objects are trapped by a screen. Metal objects are trapped by magnets. C/U of objects found in cargoes that magnet has trapped. Nuts pass over rollers which break them down. Slow motion shot of the rollers in action. Broken pieces are passed through many rollers until become a fi