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A shopper selects some fruit at Family Foodland
Program:
[Family Foodland]
Original Airdate: 1/15/1984

Length: 00:15:01
Item Type: newstape - original footage


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1:00:07
Visual: A butcher puts out packages of meat at the meat counter of Family Foodland.
Shots of packages of meat.
An African American shoppers inspect the meat at the counter. An African American female shopper chooses lemons and limes from the fruit display at the supermarket. The camera crew instructs the shopper to choose two lemons at a time.
Shots of the shopper's hands as she chooses the fruit.
Close-up shot of the shopper's face.

1:03:42
V: The camera crew sets up a shot.
An African American worker in a suit and tie neatens the magazine rack near the check-out counter. An African American female employee helps a customer at the customer service desk. An African American female employee rings up the purchases of a shopper. The employee counts the money given by the shopper, and returns change and a receipt. A member of the camera crew helps a worker arrange a display of rice packages.

1:06:30
V: African American shoppers and employees pass through the front aisle of the supermarket.
An African American female employee rings up the purchases of an African American male shopper.
An African American man and woman shop in the canned foods aisle.
An African American employee rings up the purchases of an African American family.
Shot of the cash register.
The employee rings up the purchases of a young African American woman.

1:10:22
V: A shopper hands money over to an African American female employee who works the cash register. African American shoppers wait in line at the cash registers.
Shot of the canned food aisle.
Shoppers continue to stand in line at the cash register. African American female shoppers push shopping carts down the canned food aisle.

1:13:01
V: Shot of the exterior of the Family Foodland Supermarket; of the sign on the building.
A small number of African American men stand in front of the supermarket. Shoppers enter and exit the supermarket.


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