Colombian Indians Harvest Salt From Sea Water (1957)

Colombia. Documentation on file. Various shots of Colombian Indians at work harvesting salt from Sea Water, of them shovelling it into piles, of women carrying the sacks on their backs to a place where they lay it in the extremely hot sun to dry. CU of two women with tree bark fluid on their faces. MS LS sacks of salt being loaded onto lorry and of lorry leaving. (F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.