Washington State: Appleland. 1954.

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Washington State University Libraries' Films

9 жыл бұрын

This 1954 film looks at the apple industry in the state of Washington. It looks at the industry, the geology of the Washington, the irrigation of apple orchards from the Columbia and Yakima Rivers, the Grand Coulee Dam, the pruning, mulching and fertilization of orchards, spraying insecticides by tractor pulled equipment and fruit retention hormones by biplane, the picking, processing, and shipping of apples, and the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival.
28 minute color film with audio, narrated by Patrick MacGeehan, and created under contract by Joseph Yolo. Presented by the Washington State Apple Commission, and shared here with their permission. The Washington State Apple Commission thanks you for your interest in the apple industry; to find out more about Washington State apples visit their website at: waapple.org/ . To see what the industry looks like today check out their current videos at: • Industry Videos - Wash... . For permissions about usage of this video, please contact them at info@waapple.org.
This 16mm film is held in the Historical Films Collection in the stacks at the Washington State University Library in Pullman, WA. Uncataloged at the time of digitization, it is call number L132.

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@billjensen401 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when the Wenatchee Apple Blossom festival got DeForest Kelley (Dr. Bones McCoy of Star Trek) as the festival parade grand marshal in 1968. I was only 5 yrs old but I can remember how excited my family and the town were as he drove by us on Wenatchee avenue.

@marslovesmars 2 жыл бұрын

I am from Yakima and this is great!

@maiamitt 2 жыл бұрын

I was 8 years old when this film was made. We lived near Naches in the upper Yakima Valley. We had a small orchard of peaches. Our neighbors all grew apples. I remember the smudge pots in the early spring (blackened nostrils!) and the yellow sulfur spray later on (phew!). When I grew up and moved to Seattle to work, it was a shock to actually pay for apples, cherries and peaches.

@mikeleroi9261 2 жыл бұрын

You remember how much they paid the bin ?

@howdy627 Жыл бұрын

My great grandfather drilled wells and build canals in Yakima

@lindakay9552 2 жыл бұрын

My dad worked at Cascadian Fruit Shippers in Wenatchee.

@whirlybird5244 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was an apple grower in the Columbia Basin Royal City,WA. I remember those apples right off the tree....so sweet and juicy.

@deyoungaza 9 жыл бұрын

When we were kids in Margate, NJ, our school principal, Mr. William Mosca, showed this to us every single year. I'm not sure how it started, but it became a school tradition. By the time that Mr. Mosca retired, the film was so worn and spliced that it could hardly be played.

@PaulGreenberg911 8 жыл бұрын

+Uri DeYoung and your Dad was a wonderful teacher in that school!

@deyoungaza 8 жыл бұрын

+Paul Greenberg Thanks, Paul! I'll tell him you said so! :-)

@mahesh7069 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, we were also shown this in school: St. John Vianney in Colonia, NJ

@billjensen401 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in Wenatchee but partied a lot on the Jersey shore in my 20s and 30s. So much fun and a completely different planet from North central Washington! Avalon, Wildwood and Ocean City were great back then.

@wendyswanson1669 2 жыл бұрын

Its so crazy much has changed, but then so much is still familiar and almost the same.

@meredithsmith2712 2 жыл бұрын

that is awesome

@billyyoung9997 2 жыл бұрын

Apple crops are now hop fields Not all of them but a lot where I live

@wsuvancouver 9 жыл бұрын

Love the narration on this. Great video!

@grapes5672 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Wenatchee, where we have *_A P P L E S_*

@user-vh1sh1xl5k 4 жыл бұрын

Apple is good for you BEFORE lunch, not after!

@anothersomebody8195 2 жыл бұрын

Those trees are monsters

@whitapple1 Жыл бұрын

I commented to my wife that I am glad our orchard is not like that anymore.

@anothersomebody8195 Жыл бұрын

@@whitapple1 I bet! I can't imagine L&I insurance on that kind of pruning nowadays. Did they break a lot in the winter?

@kate1269 Жыл бұрын

The world is so changed now, and really, not for the best. When I see videos like this, I think "Is this for real..?" I almost feel a little bitter about it too. Lol