Food Preservation: History of Canning | Vintage Documentary | ca. 1957
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This short film - originally titled as "The Three Squares" - is a vintage documentary produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was released in circa 1957. The film explains the importance of food preservation, the history of canning and the values of canned foods. The original title of the film refers to the "three square meals a day" ( breakfast, lunch, and dinner).
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a shelf life typically ranging from one to five years, although under specific circumstances it can be much longer. A freeze-dried canned product, such as canned dried lentils, could last as long as 30 years in an edible state. In 1974, samples of canned food from the wreck of the Bertrand, a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1865, were tested by the National Food Processors Association. Although appearance, smell and vitamin content had deteriorated, there was no trace of microbial growth and the 109-year-old food was determined to be still safe to eat.
French origins:
During the first years of the Napoleonic Wars, the French government offered a hefty cash award of 12,000 francs to any inventor who could devise a cheap and effective method of preserving large amounts of food. The larger armies of the period required increased and regular supplies of quality food. Limited food availability was among the factors limiting military campaigns to the summer and autumn months. In 1809, Nicolas Appert, a French confectioner and brewer, observed that food cooked inside a jar did not spoil unless the seals leaked, and developed a method of sealing food in glass jars. Appert was awarded the prize in 1810. The reason for lack of spoilage was unknown at the time, since it would be another 50 years before Louis Pasteur demonstrated the role of microbes in food spoilage.
The French Army began experimenting with issuing canned foods to its soldiers, but the slow process of canning foods and the even slower development and transport stages prevented the army from shipping large amounts across the French Empire, and the war ended before the process was perfected.
Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the canning process was gradually employed in other European countries and in the US.
In the United States:
Canned food also began to spread beyond Europe - Robert Ayars established the first American canning factory in New York City in 1812, using improved tin-plated wrought-iron cans for preserving oysters, meats, fruits and vegetables. Demand for canned food greatly increased during wars. Large-scale wars in the nineteenth century introduced increasing numbers of working-class men to canned food, and allowed canning companies to expand their businesses to meet military demands for non-perishable food, allowing companies to manufacture in bulk and sell to wider civilian markets after wars ended. Urban populations in Victorian Britain demanded ever-increasing quantities of cheap, varied, quality food that they could keep at home without having to go shopping daily. In response, companies such as Underwood, Nestlé, Heinz, and others provided quality canned food for sale to working class city-dwellers. The late 19th century saw the range of canned food available to urban populations greatly increase, as canners competed with each other using novel foodstuffs, highly decorated printed labels, and lower prices.
Nutritional value:
A 1997 study found that canned fruits and vegetables are as rich with dietary fiber and vitamins as the same corresponding fresh or frozen foods, and in some cases the canned products are richer than their fresh or frozen counterparts. The heating process during canning appears to make dietary fiber more soluble, and therefore more readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts. Canned tomatoes have a higher available lycopene content. Consequently, canned meat and vegetables are often among the list of food items that are stocked during emergencies.
Food Preservation: History of Canning | Vintage Documentary | ca. 1957
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How did you colorized it? Thanks for the video! Nice work! Great quality!
Thank you. I am using this video to teach to my Food Science students virtually.
That is awesome, ma'am.
That's awesome!! When they made this film I bet they never thought 70years later we would still be using it for it's purpose. ALSO they could never imagine the way in which we are watching it too
Respectfully they don’t teach us this shit in school
Fun fact:
Aside from the Classical era, the "stunted stature due to malnourishment" thing was by far the worst in the 1700-1800's, and even then only really affected the lower-classes who struggled to afford food. (Which is why Lincoln looms at least a full head-height over everyone else in photos, despite only being 6'4".)
Knights were nobles, and had no lack of access to good food year around, even after taking less effective preservation methods into consideration. If the producers used a surviving suit of armor instead of a modern spot-welded decorative element for height reference, they would've found they were around the same height range. ;)
This guy said "despite only being 6'4"" as if that is not the tallest a human can be without being in freak of nature territory. Less than 1% of humans is over 6'4". Like 0.8%
Lincoln would be taller than 99.2 % of all humans NOW.
Only 6'4
He said only 6'4"
6ft4in is more then a head hight above the average man who stands at 5ft9in in the United States.
but actually the average hight for a man was 5ft5in back in the dark ages.
In countries such as japan the average hight has not increased but in western Europe and america it has drastically. Just not much since 1800s as modern food systems started their early days then, especially the late 1800s
Currently work at a canary, one of the biggest suppliers of tomato products…. Oh how technology has advanced, I work on a seamer, which places the lid. This is fascinating!!
Just realized how ungrateful I was to the food industry
@Josh Traffanstedt 🤣
Don't worry, you pay with your health and life.
Bufriedo
Lol that's the point of the video. Good old school American propaganda
@@johnnyarm3181is propaganda when any data whatsoever flashes in front of your eyes for a split second?
Boy, they really push those "Three Squares"
It's important to get them "the year round"
I'm a Grade A Moron for not appreciating advances in food preservation.
........
Oh wait, wrong documentary.
Yes. And carbohydrates were still the biggest part of the food pyrimid
🍍Wow!! Now this is what I call vintage!🌽 Does anyone remember the jelly jars you could re-use as a glass that featured "Josie and The Pussycats"?🍇 My grandmother saved them for me after the jelly had been eaten.🍞 I was very young, but I still remember those jelly glasses. 🍓 Such great memories!!🍏 Thanks for sharing this film with us!🥕
We have some Tom n' Jerry, Peanuts and some Pooh ones.
@@smode983 : That's awesome! Those glasses remind me of my childhood with my grandmother. She used to use empty honey bear bottles, cut the spout a little bigger and fill them with cream of wheat, butter, sugar and milk for me. I was really young, but I remember those bears and how special they were. Honey bear bottles and jelly jar glasses. Life was a lot simpler and less complicated. I miss that time.
I remember Welches jelly in a Fred Flintstone glass jar.
@@lilblackduc7312 :😁 I do to! I wish I had some of those jelly jars/glasses today. Just for the memories of my grandmother. Do you remember the plastic bottle bears that honey would come in? Of course you do. They still sell the bears. What am I thinking? They were a little different way back when( no ages her). My grandmother would take the empty bear bottles and fill them with Cream of Wheat, butter, sugar and milk for me. Kind of like a bottle but for a toddler. I loved those bears when she did that for me. I thought I was special not knowing that my grandmother survived the Great Depression and raised eleven children. She made use of whatever she could and she made it work to her advantage. I can't imagine even the notion of considering eleven children. Scary. She made everything look so easy. To this day I have absolutely no idea how she did it and lived to tell the tale.
@@lilblackduc7312 : I just realized I wrote about the bears in my last comment. Yep! I should've read my response before I answered you. Lol. It happens. What can I say.
It's fascinating to think that we had similar machines in 1900, and even today's machineries haven't changed much.
Well 1923 was only 100 years ago, so it’s really only been one lifetime.
Its far more amazing how much other industries have changed in such a short time
Very interesting! Things have gone through quite a change, yet I'm sure so much remains the same.
i like this nostalgic optimism, nowadays the future seems to bring nothing but bad
Yeah same here, the advancement of technology means everything gets better and life is good, nowadays it feels like no one like technological progress?
you have to remember we have overcome every obstacle that has presented itself so far including acid rain.
Things will get better but only after it gets bad
great video like always
Thank you for uploading this video.
beautiful history
Excellent
What a great documentary
Great video😍
Wow truly amazing.
Very interesting.
To answer the narrator’s inquiry about the future, I have indeed visited museums with old jet pilot suits within an old mock-up of the old fighter jets- and I’ve always wondered why the men who wore them seemed really, really small (physically).
Historical !
the narrator seems a lot more personal than most of the films of the era.
I have a feeling the folks who made this film might be working for BIG CAN....
Shut up mouth breather.
12:02 “What effect would a constant supply of good food have on succeeding generations?” *me looking at the obesity rate and constant food in the country* ☠️☠️☠️
still way better than the starvation that's been plaguing almost every human to exist
That is a constant supply of bad food
@@radicalleavemealone-ist7751 bad food is better then no food.
@@stephenhancock1578 indeed
Obesity is due in large part because of the consumption ever increasing non-food additives. This, along with the reduction of nutrients in highly processed food and as much as a 95% reduction in physical activity, has led to the obesity we see today.
Some food items contain less than 50% food. Processors actually add additives which trick our bodies into thinking were not full. Other additives trick our brains into producing rewarding hormones. We subconsciously reach for these items because our brains have associated what were seeing to the reward. The reward additives have even found their way into vitamin supplements. This, to the manufacturer, ensures consumers reach for their products every time. The practice of using additives to artificially and blindly hook consumers one specific brands is one of the worst forms of greed, aside from slavery, in the modern world. I detest the practice and wish government regulations would ban the use of such additives. They add no flavor or nutrients. In fact, in many cases more flavoring is necessary to mask the addictive additives used.
When our bodies are denied vital nutrients our brain is telling us to consume more. Much of the heavily processed food today sends conflicting information to our brain. On one side we're rewarded with euphoric sensations. On the other, our brain is saying we need nutrients. But if all we're consuming is half food laced with chemicals and natural or synthetic fillers (byproducts of other food processing, mining, crude oil processing, and such) and enhancers, our brain will continue to demand more food to extract vital nutrients. Our bodies are not as adaptable as we'd like to think. Unlike a motor, which can survive and thrive on synthetic oil and lean fuels, our bodies demand real nutrients. There is a lot of science to back this up.
The more one starves, the more it will produce fat to store in for future use when we do eat. The body will not suddenly return to vigorous activity once we consume nutrients after a period of starvation. The body will reserve as much of the nutrients as possible to store based on historic activity. This is why those who crash diet are not successful. We must taper our losses and gains to keep our brains from recording and reading a feast and famine record.
Balanced nutrition and activity is key to maintaining overall health. When one piece is missing, our body does not adapt. We can't source one nutrient from another. We can source sugar from many foods. But we can not source vitamin C from Vitamin D.
Can't help but think I that I've seen this in grammar school lol.
It seems like they made more of these back then.
"special chemicals" lol :P
You got a new subscriber from “special chemicals” lol :p
Oh fbi is probably looking into me.........
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aahh, lead seals on the cans!!
give them a break, what early tech doesn't have it's death count
That and lead poisoning is a lot slower than starvation. Lead may kill you eventually, starvation will kill you now.
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Lead is not even that bad.
Thankfully I was taught how to grow, and cann food.
wow, the corn bit was really fascinating oddly, the corn from a hundred and damn, almost 70 years ago versus from the fifty's versus now, is shocking, people are so freaked out over gmo's and other laboratory foods but even the organic food we eat has been altered so much over the last few decades that it isn't truly organic due to human tampering in the crops that the ancestors of those seeds came from, I understand playing god is a touchy thing but if we hadn't changed the "genetics" of our food then we would probably have a lot less for the work we do for it, with lower nutritional value, and more failed crop yeilds. im quite fascinated by this. I'm also having a strange craving for soup... and canned corn..
Art blender is there a difference between rape and courtship? If you don't see a problem with GMOs, perhaps you aren't looking. Or maybe you just believe the propaganda. Same difference.
@@KS-xb3cg you have eaten a genetically modified food today
@@KS-xb3cg okay dumbass, explain the problem with GM foods
Many are bringing back as much genetic diversity as possible so we don't have issues monoculture and such can bring, plus it's fun. I'm growing a bunch of grain corn that's all different colors raised by others who've been doing the same. I'll try posting a video after I get some personal issues settled. Been going thru a rough time. God bless.
Watching this while eating a Progressive lentil canned soup
I wish we could have found out what many generations could have looked like but we went for efficiency and more over diverse and safe and now there are an abundance of inflammation and immune diseases
Science has shown round meals are tastier than square ones. For example, pizza, donuts, and cookies.
I agree! Let's add pancakes & pie to your list.
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I was blessed to be born around the time this show was produced. I was raised by family who made sure I understood how much better & easier we had it, too! Thank you so much for doing this and all the other wonderful things..🇺🇸 👍☕
And only now do we realize the ramifications of spraying chemicals has on surrounding environments and neighboring ecosystems.
I only get 1.6 squares a day. :(
I've been a 'square' all my life!
Be interesting to know what the maker of this documentary would say in regards to the new fast food industry and its nutritionally poor products of today,,,😕
coolplayz Nogame its actually true. Over nutrition still preferable than under nutrition. And the problem of fast food has higher calorie than average people should,
IIFYM you can basically eat everything
I wonder what the creators of this would thing of the fast food industry and the fact that this generations life expectancy has actually dropped.
9:30 What did he say? What did he say? I need to know!
He says something
Cracks me up when it says special chemicals are sprayed on the cops to protect them from pest and the result of better quality food. What a joke. Just succeeded in poisoning people.
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These films were so positive, and made to sound as if there was such wonderful things amongst us.....now, none of it's good enough....so disheartening..
Because you believe stupid russian bullshit.
Oh no! The GMOs! ;)
Very sarcastic speech
Didn't they have fermentation back in the day? I mean since they made beer and wine, couldn't they have just fermented food and use that to preserve food?
yep
I heard of fermenting fish or something, e.g. Worchester. There's also salting and smoking. There's a number of ways to combat microorganisms.
At 1:40 there's a plate full of Vienna sausages, salami, and some other meat....all processed is my guess.
I'm no vegie by themselves, but I don't eat that stuff, no way!
@@figaro-dg5c5 Sniveling commenters don't know how dang fortunate they are to have any food at all...
The spraying of the nasty chemicals still thrives today; only worse now.
Not true at all.
@@figaro-dg5c5 You're too naive for your own good.
@@onekerri1 or maybe you're the naive one.
@@figaro-dg5c5 Are you saying that you believe weather warfare, weather manipulation, and spraying of the skies do not exist?
I feel like I just watched a propaganda film. “special chemicals”
how do you keep the bugs out of your corn
Same I could tell just by the first 30 seconds in lol
Shut up russian
Special chemicals that now have a commercial for cancer
What a strange propaganda video. There was some useful information in there, thank you for the video.
It’s not really propaganda. It’s more a documentary
@@dominicesquivel3901 Your answer is more indecisive than decisive, but it's still an answer.
It's not propaganda. It's called an educational film. Propaganda is youtuber influencers who badmouth america or try to sabotage their product launches.
@@figaro-dg5c5 Honesty is not a value you maintain, you're such a liar.
Funny that our country who's known for having great quality of food invented that.
"And spraying fruit trees with chemicals produces a higher quality product"🙄
Chemicals are natural, they come from nature. Nothing bad about them. Depends on the dose and chemical mixture. Study chemistry a little so you don't have to be afraid of ghosts.
True or False?
It is just about food in the belly and employment.
True or False?
Artificial Fertilizer and Fossil Fuel are due to run out.
When GMOs weren't controversial.
that's not the gmos people are upset about . It's when they modify them with a pesticide already in the plant. Or they modify them to last longer in our bodies don't know how to digest them. They create problems long-term and cancer-causing chemicals are what people are upset about not the old fashioned modifying a plants to make them sweeter or to make them grow. Wake up
"that's not the gmos people are upset about" - Not true.
"They create problems long-term and cancer-causing chemicals" - how then do they get given the all clear? Are scientists stupid to classify them as safe for human consumption?
Wake up? Typical conspiracy theorist.
@@davidndiulor8428 have fun having cancer when your 60+ believing that BS
You really are a fool
'All rosy', but in reality it is not so. Industrialization and capitalism also brought a lot of health problems, a lot of pollution and a lot of manipulation, thus destroying many ecosystems, and encouraging the creation of artificial food, GMO and radioactive food. You don't have to be blind or fanatic to see everything good. Also, as you said in the video, human beings lost the freedom to grow their own food and be self-sustaining to be dependent on the industry, which cares little about people's health but rather generates money.
`Maybe one day they will look at us and go `wow, I thought they were bigger than that.`` Dude, thats us now. We look back on the weight and height of a woman or man from the 40s and compare it today and trust me, we wish we were that small again. lol
But that mcdonalds for every meal, tho.
Even if you don’t eat McDonalds everything is processed. Even the “healthy” food.
What will the future be like....Obease.
You eat too much and move too little. Don't blame the cake when you're stuffing your fifth one in your face.
the society is as sick today as in medieval times
Moving to the city gonna eat a lot of peaches. PEACHES COME IN A CAN THEY WERE PUT THERE BU A MAN IN A FACTORY DOWNTOOOOOWN
fun fact did you know that expiration dates on canned food is just a bogus marketing scheme? I found Jarred food from George Washington's time that turn down to still be good to eat to this day.
But the nutritional value is much lower. Still edible but not quite enough to really give the body what it needs. but yea... canned goods are shelf stable for a very long time.
It's not a bogus marketing scheme. Why does everything have to be a fucking conspiracy theory with you retards.
It is there to tell you the approximate time when it is still eatible. After the date you eat it at your own risk. Waterhead.
I find it ironic how americans like to laugh at the eastern block for making the worker propaganda films, but what the hell is this then?
Difference is when we make a propaganda film about how much great food we can produce and how long it lasts. We actually have the product to back it up
@@dominicesquivel3901 Well so did we.
Dictatorship of course, I don't see how that's relevant to the discussion. Point is when the eastern block made a ridiculous 'documentary' about home-producing something where everyone was chummy and everything is highest quality only, it's propaganda, but shit like this is somehow national treasure. Just pointing out the double standard.
@bla4547 ...Comrade, it's called "Public Relations" now.. and it was perfected by an American nephew of Sigmund Freud. He wrote a book titled "Propaganda" in 1928, way before the Germans learned everything they ever knew about the subject.
they steal everything race 1:24
Quit calling it "squares."
I call bullshit. 2:42 "the bacon moldy". More like "bacon is about to go bad if we don't kill it! Bacon party my madrefuckin shipmates!". Woo Woo.
women actually invented the first can and they make the food for the whole world, men just sleeping
lol yeah those lazy men, cultivating and harvesting fields, fighting wars, lazy fuckers!!
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