River Of Gold - Tobacco (1969)

Basildon. Carreras. Reception area of smart offices, deserted at night. Interior tobacco processing factory. James River. USA Drifting past Cypress trees growing in water. American Indian cutting tobacco leaves. Williamsburg. Horse and buggy rides past old Colonial houses. A soldier in colonial dress stands guard. Plantation house in Virginia owned by George Washington. Street of houses. Tobacco plantation being harvested and sorted. Hung on sticks the leaves are put into curing sheds. The dried leaves are removed and driven to town. Lumberton N.C. and tobacco warehouse signs. Inside a tobacco auction is going on (fast talking) with buyers looking at the leaves. After purchase the tobacco is regraded and cured further. Tobacco rammed into 900lb hogs heads and driven away in large trucks. New Basildon, Essex. Old part of town with pretty cottages. New Basildon with modern shopping mall and high rise buildings including Carreras. Staff in the canteen. Tobacco in hogshea