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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “Mediterranean Journey” is a color travelogue film likely from the 1950s that takes viewers on a journey across the Mediterranean from Spain to Turkey. The film’s main subject, however, is the various fruit and nut varieties grown on the Mediterranean coast from across Spain, France, Southern Italy, Turkey, and the Levant. Produced by Anglo-Scottish Pictures LTD for Cadbury, the film is part of a series of educational / promotional films made by Cadbury Chocolate from the 1920s to 1950s. Hands playing Turkish Saz/ Bağlama (0:10). Group of men singing, playing Saz in unison (0:27). Dried grass waves in wind, blue water of Mediterranean off of Turkish coast (0:34). Map Mediterranean countries Europe, Africa, Middle East - highlights France, Spain, Sicily, Israel/ Palestine, Turkey (0:38). Camera pans blossoming apricot trees, orchard Southern Spain (0:46). Man dressed in all black walks donkey along orchard road (1:00). Farmer drinks water from clay jug while tending to the trees (1:17). Irrigation system - pools of water around the base of the trees, worker constructs stream system (1:21). Farmer family of adults and young children spin twine on spinning wheel machine (1:43). Freshly picked apricots in straw basket (2:02). Medieval Bridge of Avignon/Pont Saint-Bénézet stretched across the Rhône (2:12). Rooftops of Avignon, Medieval town (2:30). Bustling downtown Avignon: pedestrian, bike, and car traffic; Monument du centenaire à Avignon in background (2:32). Quaint cafe on street corner with seating on sidewalk, group of tourists sit down (2:36). Palais des Papes/ The Pope’s Palace (2:53). Cherry orchard: close-up flower blossoms and cherry fruits (3:03). Picked cherries in basket (3:13). Newspaper seller unclips copy of La Sicilia newspaper from display (3:21). Blue public bus in Sicily drives down narrow road (3:27). Montage women on balconies, putting laundry on a line (3:37). Carretti Siciliani: painted Sicilian hand cart - artisans at work (3:52). Woman collects water into clay water jug from fountain, loads jug onto donkey saddle (4:12). Church bells ring, camera pans almond orchard, trees dotted with white almond flowers (4:29). Mount Etna (4:36). Almond orchard (4:44). Jaffa oranges on tree (4:59). Orange grove, line of cypress tree and palm trees act as wind protection (5:09). Young men and women harvest oranges, various close-ups of hands pulling fruit, collection bags, stacked crates (5:25). Harvesters sit on crates in grove, share bread and oranges for lunch (6:08). Oranges dumped onto conveyor belt for sorting (6:26). Interior factory, workers sort and wash oranges (6:38). Oranges pass over rollers (7:03). Women pack oranges into cases (7:18). The Blue Mosque, Istanbul (7:42). Cable car passes through busy downtown street and over perhaps Galata Bridge (7:47). Cattle ship, men in newsie caps with upturned mustaches (8:02). Glistening Black Sea waters, rocky cliffs (8:17). Steam billows from boat as it pulls into port, row boats and fishing boat dot the waters (8:27). Bustling Giresun Port, truck leaves port with goods stacked on roof (8:31). Kapu Mosque, central Giresun (8:49). Hazelnut Grove (9:01). Girl harvests hazelnuts from tree, other harvesters at work (9:08). Giresun outdoor market, women in traditional outdoors outfit - red silk ikat fabric scarf head covering (9:37). Young man cuts shawarma/ shish kebab meat from rotating spit (9:47). Group of men share a meal at long table in the sun, close-up table setting with watermelon and roasted hazelnuts (9:59). Two women dance on cliff above sea for group of men playing Saz, other instruments (10:17). Men using hoe, terracing hilly slope (10:31). Men spray hazelnut trees with pesticide guns (10:41). Row of women in beige dresses and white headscarves hand pick hazelnut buds from trees (10:58). Men spread hazelnuts out in sun using rakes (11:11). Men stand on sunny rooftop, spread hazelnuts in sun once more, blue water behind them (11:48). Close-up first mechanized machine for harvest used in Turkey (12:15). Men stack burlap sacks of hazelnuts onto ship for export (12:28). Dolmabahçe Palace seen from Bosphorus (12:44). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
