Classic Canning Industry & Food Preservation Films DVD: 1930s – 1950s Home Canning, Food Packaging Machines, Preserving…

This compilation features vintage films about the food canning industry from the 1930s – 1950s. From canning salmon to peas these films explore the new food packaging, processing, and production that revolutionized canned food and changed the kitchen forever. Table Of Contents: (1) Alaska’s Silver Millions (1936) – Part documentary and part travelogue, this film features great scenes of canning Alaskan salmon. The film includes salmon industry history intermingled with Alaskan history as it tells the mythical story of the world’s love affair with Alaskan salmon – 34 Minutes (2) Miracle of the Can (1956) – Vintage canning propaganda film that explains how canning has changed the way the world eats food – 42 Minutes (3) Pick of the Pod (1939) – This film offers an informative look at nostalgic practices in the pea canning industry. Take a visual tour through the Del Monte factory and see the agriculture practices of late 1930s California business. Also included are scenes of “typical” American kitchens from this era – 21 Minutes
Table Of Contents:
(1) Alaska’s Silver Millions (1936) – 34 Minutes
(2) Miracle of the Can (1956) – 42 Minutes
(3) Pick of the Pod (1939) – 21 Minutes