Lipton’s Tea Film “L’industrie Theiere De Ceylan“ (1934)

Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). Men work on the land with picks. Men and women pick tea. A man shakes something (pesticide?) on to a pruned tea plant? The cut branch ends have a substance painted on them. A large number of women and children carry baskets. High panning shot of people picking tea. C/U of young girl with elaborate nose ring picking leaves. She looks at the camera. C/U of the leaves. Many women pick tea. Men hook sacks of leaves on to a winch. The sacks are then carried across a hill to the processing plant. An overseer walks past many women sorting tea leaves. A basket of leaves is weighed and a woman is paid. Inside processing plant. Leaves are ground by machine. C/U of various machines. Women carry leaves in metal bowls on their heads. Tea is packed into cases with “Lipton“ on the side. Shot of children being bathed. C/U of baby being washed. Older children wash in a pool or river. A large group of children are given food to eat outside a building (possibly a school).