From the archive record
Punjabi labourers work on grain cleaning machine in Punjab. They clean wheat grains and pack them in a sack for further distribution. farmers in Punjab use a long-handled shovel to collect grain after cleaning by machine. The local brand here is called Prince and they have manufactured this crop cleaner that is being used for fine cleaning of grain and unseparated paddy seeds. This machine removes impurities from the crop. The cleaner may also be separating the husk from the paddy so it appears to be a de-husker as well. A woman sweeps the cleaned grain back into the pile, ready for bagging. The rice sacks are piling up in the backdrop. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The colle