Description: Footage of the Asti Italian Swiss Colony vineyards located in Sonoma County, California. Includes footage of vineyards, people visiting the wine tasting room, women bottling wine, the barrel room, men tasting wine, harvesting and crushing grapes, the Colonel Armstrong tree, and the Marina in San Francisco, California.
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Subjects: Beverages,Agriculture,Labor,Tourism,Industry,1950s
Tags: packaging; California Highway 101; glass bottles on production line; wine barrels; grapes; harvesting; workers; grapes in transit; wine tasting; vineyards; harbors; flowers; Diplome d’Honneur; coastlines; refrigeration; wine bottling plants; Italian Swiss Colony; lab testing; lab coats; labeling wine; sparkling wine; brandy; champagne; trucks; labor; soil; adding rope to bottles; bottle decoration; grape processing; redwoods; redwood trees; fireside wine tasting; field laborers; gift shops; “The Greatest Name in Wine: Italian Swiss Colony” title card; spirits; Colonel Armstrong Tree; Sonoma County, California; wine industry; vintners; labelling; boxing; free postcards; rolling hills
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Golden State Film Productions
Credits: Photography by John L. Siegle. Narration by John E. Pedersen.
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Golden State Film Productions
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: circa 1950s
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; California; San Francisco, California; Asti, California; Petaluma, California; Sonoma County, California
Genre/Form: outtakes and trims, sponsored
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Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: reversal, positive
Color: color
Color Process: Ektachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code:
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 1115
