CESAR CHAVEZ -1977

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) CESAR CHAVEZ: PAN YOUNG MALE, FEMALE MEXICAN MARIACHI SINGERS WITH THEIR VIOLINS, GUITARS, LARGE BRIMMED HATS, PLAY FOR CEASAR CHAVEZ AT OPEN AIR RALLY. 00:12:54 MIGRANT FARMERS USE HAND-HELD HOES TO TOIL GROUND IN HUGE OPEN FIELD. AS A BOY DURING DEPRESSION, CHAVEZ SAW MIGRANT WORKERS WORK LONG HOURS IN FIELD WITH NO SANITARY FACILITIES, MEDICAL CARE, ACCIDENT OR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, MECHANISM FOR EXPRESSING GRIEVANCES OR IMPROVING THEIR LOT. 00:12:58 FARM WORKER CLIMBS FRUIT TREE ON LADDER WITH PAIL IN HAND. ANOTHER CARRIES SMALL CRATE FULL OF FRUIT AS PARTNER TAKES DRINK OF KOOL-AID FROM COOLER. MARIACHI SINGERS HEARD IN BG. 00:13:16 FILM OF YOUNG CHAVEZ AFTER FORMING FARM WORKERS UNION IN 1962, ADDRESSES FARM WORKERS, WHILE SITTING ATOP LADDER, OUTDOORS. HE RAISES ARMS IN VICTORY, WORKERS, SOME HOLDING CHILDREN IN ARMS, RAISE ARMS, CHEER. 00:13:32 MIGRANT WORKERS PICKET ON COUNTRY ROAD ALONGSIDE FARM. HOLD UP MEXICAN FLAGS, SIGNS IN SPANISH. PHOTO OF MARTIN LUTHER KING STANDING BY PHOTO OF MAHATMA GANDHI. PAN TO PHOTOS OF VIRGIN MARY AND ROBERT KENNEDY, LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS ON BOOK SHELF IN CHAVEZ' OFFICE, A SELF-TAUGHT MAN. 00:14:04 CU CHAVEZ, AT HIS UNION OFFICE DESK IN LAPADA, CALIFORNIA, SPEAKS TO REPORTER. PAN OF TRAILERS WHERE 170 UNION VOLUNTEERS LIVE, WORK, TO ADVANCE UNIONS' CAUSE. AL, INCLUDING CHAVEZ, RECEIVE FOOD, HOUSING, CLOTHING, PLUS SALARY OF $10 A WEEK. 00:14:37 PAN WORKER INSIDE WELL EQUIPPED PRINT SHOP ON COMPOUND, PLACING PAPER IN PRESS. PRESS ROLLS OUT PRINT. 00:14:54 CHAVEZ WEARING MARIACHI HAT, IS APPLAUDED BY MEXICAN WORKERS AT RALLY, AS FEMALE SAYS SOME KIND WORDS IN SPANISH, KISSES HIM ON CHEEK. CHAVEZ EXCHANGES IDEAS WITH FARM WORKERS IN AUDIENCE ABOUT MEDICAL PLAN CALLED ROBERT F. KENNEDY PLAN. 00:15:52 WORKER THUMBS THROUGH THOUSANDS OF FOLDERS ON SHELVES. CAREFUL RECORDS ARE KEPT SO THAT INSURANCE COVERAGE FOLLOWS EACH WORKER AS HE MOVES WITH HARVEST. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1970 SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN PAID IN BENEFITS. 00:16:27 FORMER FARM HAND JAOQUIN MOJIA WALKS TO HIS JIB IN UNION OFFICE WHERE HE LEARNED TO PROGRAM, OPERATE, UNIONS' COMPUTERS. HE SITS AT COMPUTER. 00:17:13 YOUNG WORKERS SIT AROUND MEETING TABLE WHERE THEY ARE GIVEN INTENSIVE NINE MONTH COURSE IN LABOR HISTORY, CONTRACT MEDIATION, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. 00:17:28 PAN VOLUNTEERS TURN OVER SOIL IN COMPOUND GARDEN WHERE THEY DEVOTE DAY A WEEK TO REDUCE FOOD BILL. THEY TURN THE HUGE GARDEN INTO A MODEL OF ADVANCED GROWING TECHNIQUES THAT REQUIRE NO PESTICIDES. 00:17:49 VOLUNTEER TURNS ON PUMP AS ANOTHER INSTALLS PIPE FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM. CU CABBAGE, VEGETABLES, GROWING IN HUGE GARDEN. 00:18:16 PHOTOS OF CHAVEZ WITH HIS MOTHER, FATHER, AT HOME OF BIRTH IN YUMA, ARIZONA. FAMILY PHOTOS OF EIGHT CHILDREN, ELEVEN GRAND CHILDREN ON WALL IN LIVING ROOM. BOTH PARENTS WERE STILL LIVING IN 1979. 00:18:38 CU ZOOM OUT FROM FACE SHOT OF CHAVEZ AT WEDDING OF HIS STAFF MEMBERS. 00:19:07 PAN MUSICIANS, GUITARS, ACCORDION, PLAYING MEXICAN MUSIC AT OUTDOOR PICNIC AT EGG RANCH IN VENTURA COUNTY, CHAVEZ MINGLES, TALKS, TO WORKERS AS THEY ENJOY LARGE OUTDOOR BUFFET. MUSICIANS PLAY, PEOPLE DANCE. ELDERLY MAN DANCES WITH INFANT IN ARMS.