A Nations Meat. 1950 Swift & Company, Chicago, IL

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Meat, from the farmer, to the stock yards, to the meat plant, and beyond. The meat packing industry 70 years ago, supplying meat to the housewives of America. This film made by Swift & Company, shows the stockyard operation in Chicago and elsewhere. An extraordinary time capsule of Swift & Company and Chicago's Union Stock Yards. Mastered from 16mm Kodachrome film.

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@malikmuhammadqasimqasim4785 2 жыл бұрын

That is a very planned work of meat industry in America. From raw meat through processing to consumers, it is one handful of a work. Admiring men & women who do it continuously keeping quality & quantity. And mind it, all this been done in 1950s when there were no computers and internet... Hats off

@vanallen9453 2 жыл бұрын

..just imagine..that all of this..was accomplished..by hand..and mind..without any helpful computers..cell phones..or the internet..

@bobdebuilda3877 Жыл бұрын

By the hands of millions of european immigrants that were taken advantage of by the demons that ran this horrid place. "The jungle" by upton sinclair was released in 1906 and was based on this exact company. This place was built on the backs of poor helpless people that were promised a better life and in turn were treated like the cattle they were slaughtering.

@mikeklimczak9600 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather was a foreman here for over 40 years.

@warrennelson2089 2 жыл бұрын

What did you do?

@Darkstar-rg8ze 2 жыл бұрын

@@warrennelson2089 you got em

@badad0166 3 жыл бұрын

These "Industrial" or "Ephemeral" films give a back door insight to what was really going on. Happy happy Joy joy...

@wonderfulworld5134 Жыл бұрын

16mm Kodachrome film gives this appearance. Wide Screen Panavision in 1963 gives another appearance. Even back then it was a wide screen they wanted movie houses to upgrade to, like just recently in our day and age.

@joegardner1416 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much what a wonderful documentary and no plastics used at all back in the good old days when we made stuff well and people actually cared about quality

@tannertaylor9432 Жыл бұрын

We need to bring back those hats and ties

@rogeeeferrari 2 жыл бұрын

I feel all warm and fuzzy after watching this...

@yuckyool 9 ай бұрын

Bovine University!

@louislamonte334 Жыл бұрын

It's a tragedy livestock doesn't move by train anymore. We need to get the trucks off the roads!!!

@niceguy60 2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand one minute the animal was alive then suddenly it was not, do all the animals commit suicide.

@gintasindreika933 Жыл бұрын

They received electric shock on the third floor of the Killing House, then were dismembered and cut to pieces on the conveyer as the carcasses traveled down. Animal rights activists would be outraged by the cruelty today. Of course, rats and insects would be mingled in with the meat. Read Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle".