this is part of a movie made in nineteen thirty three it showed how the beginnings of the california packing corporation were rooted deep in the history of california itself it's an appropriate beginning to this review of fifty it is more than the history of the business this story of the building of del monte its name is descended from the romantic era of spanish california its beginnings were laid in the days of bo decide the blue pacific on the western plains about a continent lies a land of almost legendary abundant california a land of curving shore and rugged common a land of flower  don't let spirit of forty nights emerge the group of sober minded men and women who when the glittering tide of gold and ants in their faces for the fair valleys below and the more lasting well which lay waiting there for the touch of m this was how the california canning industry was born as seen through the eyes of cal pac camera man many years ago we filmed out of the spirit of forty nine to set a move to convey a feeling to recall an ideal now as we turn the corner of fifty this mood feeling ideal is still with us in the time of a golden anniversary this spirit remains a li fifty year old companies are sort of like people they tend to reminisce so let's go back to the poor the days of the talking back to an old like you that came on the scene about the same year as cal back in the style of its day the old film tells its story as a melodrama among its during scenes are the first films ever made of harvesting asparagus with a real horsepower little california peach cannery more than fifty years ago they took on board everything they needed for putting up the salmon back during the brief alaskan summer money for the payroll much of the machinery of men and the food to feed them including casting off from san francisco out they went through the golden gate lowered to a last summer and it arctic winds grew colder back they'd come with the seasons packed in their hole carol pack camera men were on the scene filming the men who fish for del monte salmon from alaska many decades ago even as today the fishing boats were to the salmon caught in the net by their gills were hauled aboard the small bo gunnels almost to watch under the weight of their catch a tiny gill matters at it but the life which took their salmon to the came this garden of eden today would be surrounded by veritable subdivisions and freeways but this was when both california and cow bag were very young and fruit was spread under the sun fresh cut asparagus was taken to river bank works along the sacramento barge and all the downstream to the ca farther off the coast of california sometimes as party south as the waters of mexico and central america south back fisherman were even then tracking down the tuna sometimes you need two or three poles attached to one hook to land your  other special machines bring in the  from out of that spirit the spirit of forty nine we grew up pat is more than a memory it's a backdrop for today and the prologue for tomorrow now in every part of america produce ing in lands that border every seed selling in nations around the world california packing corp and its del monte brand still promising youngsters at