Plot: Filmed on his father's plantation, Leacock’s sophisticated use of pans and tilts described the process of planting, harvesting, and shipping Canary Island bananas made with a little help from Polly Church and Noel Florence. This film was shown to family friend Robert Flaherty, who would hire him after the war, largely based on the remembrance of this early film
Release Date:
Thursday, October 10 1935 89 years ago
Richard Leacock