Closing down sugar mill in Kāʻū
Last day at the sugar mill workers prepare for closing by shutting down machines and placing caution tape around some parts of the mill.
- Duration:
- 00:25:00
Interview with worker
Retired mill operator talks about emigrating to Hawaiʻi and his thoughts on the future of Kāʻū now that the plantation is closing.
- Duration:
- 00:05:00
Interview with John Verbiske Jr.
Interview with John Verbiske Jr., welder at the mill.
- Duration:
- 00:29:16
Sugar mill camp and Pāhala town
Shots of sugar mill camp, Pāhala town, and Japanese shrine.
- Duration:
- 00:04:35
Interview with Hajime Ueda, Kenneth Ito, and Masayuki Kai
Interview with Hajime Ueda, Kenneth Ito, and Masayuki Kai about growing up and working on the planation.
- Duration:
- 00:57:06
Interview with Joseph G. Pedro
Interview with Joseph G. Pedro, field supervisor at the plantation.
- Duration:
- 00:15:00
Interview with Iwao Yonemitsu
Interview with Iwao Yonemitsu, retired crop superintendent.
- Duration:
- 00:31:04
Last haul
Last sugarcane haul from plantation to mill. Includes drivers' decorating trucks and driving through Pāhala town for one last time.
- Duration:
- 00:41:04
Sugar mill and company store
Shots of sugar mill and company store after shutting down.
- Duration:
- 00:02:00
Interview with James Martinson
Interview with James Martinson who grew up in Pāhala. The interview covers such topics as interactions with haole, going to Japan as an army...
- Duration:
- 01:00:36
Overgrown sugar
Footage of sugar overgrown on the field. Also includes footage of Franco Salmoiraghi taking pictures.
- Duration:
- 00:04:30