90016_23479_1960_California_Farmworkers_02
This B&W clip from the 1960s -- the 2nd clip of 3 -- focuses on striking farmworkers in the Central Valley of California, likely as part of a news story on the plight of local farmworkers.
Sign of the California Canning Peach Association, Bowers Ranch.
Long shot of the orchard. Truck carries farmworkers. Man holds a sign that says: “ON STRIKE! AWOC - AFL CIO.”
Sheriff vehicle drives down a street. A tractor pulls a trailer of produce containers. Sheriff vehicles are parked in an orchard. Men with sheriff badges and holstered guns chat with each other.
Orchard trucks sit in a parking lot.
Sheriffs of Butte County in uniform, standing by the side of a road, watch strikers.
A man in a suit visits people - possibly farmer workers - who are living in shacks.