Fruit Cargo From Australia - Unloaded (1910-1920)

Unloading cargo ship. Location of events unknown / unclear. Machine (something like a miniature Ferris Wheel) lifting boxes and letting them down on ramp; workers help slide them down to a conveyor belt. Pan along conveyor belt; another worker standing in the rain; ship’s deck in background. CU machine; view from other side: forked cradles to hold the boxes are attached between the 2 chains at intervals; the turning wheels pull these chains up carrying cartons out of the hold; then dumping them on the ramp. Pan along the conveyor belt from other side; a few workers stand alongside it; man in background coming down steps from upper deck. More of workers. CU open cartons of apples and pears. A few men standing by cartons pick up a few pieces of fruit; look at them. Good shot from below deck showing the chains moving up and down; and the boxes rising; resting on the 45 degree angle tongs. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT