Media item

New building of the Institute for the Keeping and Processing of Agricultural Products

Week number 52-25

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:42
Publication date:
1 June 1952
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER522-HRE0000D776

A new building for the quality control in of vegetables and fruit has been taken into use in Wageningen. SHOTS: - Strawberries and apples are picked and collected in baskets; - ext. new building; a car drives onto the inner court and delivers a crate of apples; - int. building: demonstration of the keeping method using gas: the crate of apples is placed in a gastight room; an airhose is connected an a tap is opened; demonstration of the process method of freezing; a container of fruit is put into a freezer; laboratory staff doing different activities, a.o. using an Erlenmeyer flask; a panel of employees tastes the flavour of the vegetables.