IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 19: Workers pick tomatoes at a farm owned and operated by Pacific Tomato Growers on February 19, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida. The workers, who are in the country on an agricultural visa, are mostly from Mexico. The agricultural community in Florida is vital to the state’s economy and has had to adapt to health measures during the Covid-19 outbreak in order to continue their operations. Workers at Pacific Tomato Growers farms are tested regularly, provided with face coverings, get daily temperature checks and have access to hand washing stations. Workers for the company are also part of the Fair Food Program which ensures that workers receive fair wages and better working conditions in the tomato fields. The fair Food Program was begun by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 2010. (Footage by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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ESTABLISHING SHOT of a commercial tomato field filled with young plants. PAN RIGHT to a view of several hundred wooden stakes set in rows. MCS of a worker tying each tomato plant to a stake with string. His repetitive movements are quick and methodical. TRAVELLING SHOT in a trailer park in Immokalee, Florida. Mobile homes, small houses, palm trees, and a chapel are visible.

06/30/69 C0017278 / COLOR IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA: MIGRANT WORKERS: UNCUT "MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SEV INT OF A DILAPIDATED SHACK, WALLPAPER COMING OFF THE WALL, ALSO SHOTS OF A BLACK KID JUMPING IN A BED AND MORE SHOTS OF THE INT OF THE SHACK: EXT SHOT OF THE SHACK: MORE INT OF THE SHACK AND A LADY CLEANING: SIGN ON THE HIGHWAY "IMMOKALEE": AERIAL SHOTS OF THE IMMOKALEE AREA: (SHOT RECENTLY 100FT) FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE HOUSING - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE CHILDREN (SS) POOR MIGRANT LABOR XX / 100 FT / 16 COL / POS / D23298

Sequence showing commercial tomato picking in Immokalee, Florida. MS of workers picking tomatoes and placing them in plastic baskets. HAMS of workers tossing tomato-filled baskets to a man standing on a truck bed. He catches the baskets and empties them into large plastic bins. MCS of tomato pickers filling their baskets and tossing them to the man in the truck. Most of the workers are South American. ESTABLISHING SHOT of the tomato field with three parked trucks. Various shots of tomato picking. The trucks leave the field as the sky begins to cloud over.

IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 19: Workers pick tomatoes at a farm owned and operated by Pacific Tomato Growers on February 19, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida. The workers, who are in the country on an agricultural visa, are mostly from Mexico. The agricultural community in Florida is vital to the state’s economy and has had to adapt to health measures during the Covid-19 outbreak in order to continue their operations. Workers at Pacific Tomato Growers farms are tested regularly, provided with face coverings, get daily temperature checks and have access to hand washing stations. Workers for the company are also part of the Fair Food Program which ensures that workers receive fair wages and better working conditions in the tomato fields. The fair Food Program was begun by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 2010. (Footage by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

00/00/69 C0017548 / COLOR FLORIDA: ALBERT LEE INTERVIEW ON MIGRANT WORKERS: CUTS "LEE - MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SHOT OF A BLACK MAN BEING INTERVIEWED, MR ALBERT LEE, INVESTIGATOR FOR MIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES, TALKS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN IMMOKALEE, SOME GET WELFARE CHECKS, HE SAYS WE GET 18 TO 20 THOUSAND IN THE PEAK OF THE SEASON: (SHOT 1969 120FT) MIGRANT LABOR FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE SOCIAL WORK - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE LEE, ALBERT - SOF XX / 120 FT / 16 COL / POS / CUTS /

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IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 19: Workers register in the morning before heading out to pick tomatoes at a farm owned and operated by Pacific Tomato Growers on February 19, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida. The workers, who are in the country on an agricultural visa, are mostly from Mexico. The agricultural community in Florida is vital to the state’s economy and has had to adapt to health measures during the Covid-19 outbreak in order to continue their operations. Workers at Pacific Tomato Growers farms are tested regularly, provided with face coverings, get daily temperature checks and have access to hand washing stations. Workers for the company are also part of the Fair Food Program which ensures that workers receive fair wages and better working conditions in the tomato fields. The fair Food Program was begun by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 2010. (Footage by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

03/11/69 C0004120 / COLOR - A0055655 IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA SENATORS LOOK INTO HUNGER POCKETS IN FLORIDA. NX41496 "HUNGER PROBE" SHOWS: TRAVEL PAST SHACKS IN SLUM AREA. FIVE SHOTS, PEOPLE STANDING ON PORCHES: TWO SHOTS INTERIOR OF SHACK: MCGOVERN AND OTHERS OUT OF SHACK, & SHOTS: PAN SHACK TO JAVITS, TWO SHOTS: TRAVEL POVERTY AREA: (SHOT 3/10/69 72FT) NOTE CUTS INCLUDE GARBAGE OUTHOUSE: FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE MIGRANT LABOR POVERTY (SS) SLUMS JAVITS, JACOB MCGOVERN, GEORGE XX / 72 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG 72 FT / 16 POS / COLOR 350 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / CUTS

A MANHUNT IS UNDERWAY IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES FOR FOUR OF SEVEN INMATES WHO ESCAPED FROM A PRISON THIS MORNING. THREE OF THE ESCAPEES HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. SEVERAL MURDERERS WERE AMONG THE ESCAPEES FROM THE HENDRY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.ALL PRISONERS WERE BEING HELD UNDER MAXIMUM SECURITY. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE INMATES SCALED A FENCE AND FLED ON FOOT AFTER OVERPOWERING A PRISON GUARD. ALL ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

TWO MORE HUNGER STRIKERS IN IMMOKALEE HAVE DROPPED OUT OF THEIR STRIKE FOR BETTER WAGES FOR TOMATO PICKERS.

IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 17: Medical workers administer rapid Covid-19 tests amongst the agricultural community on February 17, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida. Immokalee, which has a poverty rate of over 40 percent and whose population is made up primarily of agricultural workers, has joined with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Partners in Health to test, educate and vaccinate the community during the Covid-19 outbreak. (Footage by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

04/28/71 A0063140 - C0017728 FLORIDA: FLORIDA MIGRANT WORKERS WIN PAY GUARANTEE. NXC 44472 "FARM WORKERS SHOWS: "IMMOKALEE CITY LIMITS" SIGN: PULL BACK, WATERMELON SIGN TO PICKETS: PICKETS AND SIGNS: PULL BACK WATERMELONS: SEV SHOTS WATERMELONS ON CONVEYOR BELT AND INTO TRUCK: 3 SHOTS PICKETS ON SIGNS: (SHOT 04/27/71 52FT) AGRICULTURE - WATERMELONS MIGRANT - LABOR FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE STRIKES - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE (THREATENED) FLAGS - FARM WORKERS (W / US) JONES / 52 FT / 16 DUPE / NEG / D33916 52 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / 200 FT / 16 POS / COLOR / CUTS /

IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 19: Workers pick tomatoes at a farm owned and operated by Pacific Tomato Growers on February 19, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida. The workers, who are in the country on an agricultural visa, are mostly from Mexico. The agricultural community in Florida is vital to the state’s economy and has had to adapt to health measures during the Covid-19 outbreak in order to continue their operations. Workers at Pacific Tomato Growers farms are tested regularly, provided with face coverings, get daily temperature checks and have access to hand washing stations. Workers for the company are also part of the Fair Food Program which ensures that workers receive fair wages and better working conditions in the tomato fields. The fair Food Program was begun by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 2010. (Footage by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

00/00/69 C0017547 / COLOR FLORIDA: STAN RIZLEY ON THE MIGRANT WORKERS: UNCUT "MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SHOT OF A MAN SPEAKING, HE IS THE EDITOR OF THE IMMOKALEE BULLETIN NEWSPAPER, SAYS HE'S BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE THE MIGRANT PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO HIS COMMUNITY HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT SOME HOUSES THAT WERE BUILD SOME YEARS AGO AND SEN MCGOVERN SAW THOSE HOUSES AND HE SAYS THEY ARE DEPLORABE AND THE MIGRANT PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THEM DEPLOREABLE: HE ALSO GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THIER RELIEF AND FOOD STAMPS AND TALKS MORE ABOUT THE MIGRANT WORKERS: (SHOT RECENTLY 300FT) FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE SOCIAL WORK - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE MIGRANT LABOR RIZLEY, STAN - SOF XX / 300 FT / 16 COL / POS /

IT'S ONE OF THOSE CALLS PARENTS FEAR MOST... YOUR CHILD IS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL SICK FROM USING DRUGS.THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED INA SW FLORIDA COMMUNITY TODAY... SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS BEGIN HALLUCINATING AFTER SAMPLING A "MUSHROOM SOUP."THE KIDS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.TWO ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION, TWO OTHERS IN FAIR... ONE IN SATISFACTORY AND TWO OTHERS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.SOUP FOUND IN ALCOHOL ON CAMPUS... POLICE ALSO CONFISCATED MARIJUANA FROM ONE OF THE KIDS.NO ONE KNOWS TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE SUBSTANCE CONTAINED... OR HOW POTENT THE MIXTURE ACTUALLY IS.THE KIDS ARE BETWEEN 13 AND FIFTEEN YEARS OLD... A LITTLE OLDER THAN YOUR AVERAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLER.THEY STARTED FLIPPING OUT AT SCHOOL EARLY THIS MORNING AND POLICE BELIEVE THEY TOOK THE MIXTURE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.

00/00/69 C0017662 / COLOR IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA: SEN GEORGE MCGOVERN SPEAKS ON MIGRANT WORKERS IN SOUTH WEST FLORIDA: CUTS "MCGOVERN - MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SHOTS OF SEN MCGOVERN BEING INTERVIEWED BY A REPORTER ON THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND NUTRITION: HE TALKS ABOUT HOW THE MIGRANT WORKER MOVES FROM STATE TO STATE AND SOMETIMES WIND UP IN CANADA, THEY MOVE BY FAMILY, HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT THEIR WAGES, LIVING CONDITIONS (SAYS THE LIVING CONDITIONS ARE BAD AND THEY ARE UNDER NURISHED): (SHOT 1969 700FT) MIGRANT LABOR POVERTY - FLORIDA MCGOVERN, GEORGE - SOF FLORIDA HUNGER XX / 70 FT / 16 COL / POS / CUTS /

SOME TOMATO FARM WORKERS STRIKE IN IMMOKALEE DUE TO STAGNANT WAGES.

IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 19: Workers pick tomatoes at a farm owned and operated by Pacific Tomato Growers on February 19, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida. The workers, who are in the country on an agricultural visa, are mostly from Mexico. The agricultural community in Florida is vital to the state’s economy and has had to adapt to health measures during the Covid-19 outbreak in order to continue their operations. Workers at Pacific Tomato Growers farms are tested regularly, provided with face coverings, get daily temperature checks and have access to hand washing stations. Workers for the company are also part of the Fair Food Program which ensures that workers receive fair wages and better working conditions in the tomato fields. The fair Food Program was begun by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 2010. (Footage by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 19: Workers pick tomatoes at a farm owned and operated by Pacific Tomato Growers on February 19, 2021 in Immokalee, Florida. The workers, who are in the country on an agricultural visa, are mostly from Mexico. The agricultural community in Florida is vital to the state’s economy and has had to adapt to health measures during the Covid-19 outbreak in order to continue their operations. Workers at Pacific Tomato Growers farms are tested regularly, provided with face coverings, get daily temperature checks and have access to hand washing stations. Workers for the company are also part of the Fair Food Program which ensures that workers receive fair wages and better working conditions in the tomato fields. The fair Food Program was begun by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in 2010. (Footage by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

AN UPDATE ON THE FARM WORKERS' HUNGER STRIKE REGARDING LOW WAGES; THE FARM WORKERS ARE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TODAY.

06/29/69 C0017287 / COLOR FLORIDA: MIGRANT WORKERS: UNCUT "MIGRANT WORKERS" SHOWS: SEV SHOTS OF THE SHANTY AREA, OLD SHACK AND KIDS AROUND, SOME PEOPLE SITTING ON THEIR PORCH: SHOTS OF MEN WORKING ON TRACTORS: SHOT OF THE TRACTOR CUTTING GRASS: SHOT SIGN ON A TRUCK "S DUDA & SON'S INC VEGETABLES, CITRUS, CATTLE": SHOT MIGRANT WORKERS ON THE FIELD PICKING LEMON: CU OF A BASKET OF LEMMONS: SHOT OF AN INDIAN WOMAN AMONG THE WORKERS PICKING THE LIME, AND OTHER GOOD SHOTS OF PEOPLE PICKING: SHOT OF SIGN "THOMPSON'S BAR", "SAM'S BILLIARDS", "SAMS BAR", EL FLAMINGO BAR: SHOT OF A WHITE MAN HANDING OUT BLUE CARDS: SHOTS OF BOXES OF LIME LINED UP AND MORE PICKING: SHOTS OF A TRUCK CARRYING THE BOXES WITH THE LIME ON A ROAD LEAVING THE AREA: SHOT OF A HOUSE AND A BROKEN PIPE AND WATER RUNNING OUT, ALSO SHOTS OF HOUSES IN THE AREA ONE SPANISH LOOKING MAN BY A DOOR, THEN OFF ONE SIDE THERE IS TWO DOORS ON THEM THEY SAY MEN & WOMEN WRITTEN IN SPANISH: SIGN ON A HOUSE "WASH HOUSE": SHOTS OF INDIAN OR SPANISH KIDS: BIG SIGN "WELCOME TO IMMOKALEE": (SHOT RECENTLY 500FT) FARM VEHICLES - TRACTORS MIGRANT LABOR HOUSING - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE AGRICULTURE - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE AGRICULTURE - FLORIDA - LIMES CHILDREN (SS) POOR FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE AGRICULTURE - LEMMONS INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA HAYLOCK / 500 FT / 16 COL / POS / D23287

06/29/69 C0017289 / COLOR 4 STORIES FLORIDA: MIGRANT WORKERS: UNCUT "JOHN BRANDEN" SHOWS: SHOT OF A MAN, MR JOHN BRANDEN, HE'S A FORMER VISTA VOLUNTEER, NOW DIRECTING THE HEADSTART PROGRAM IN IMMOKALEE THEN HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE HUNGER PROBLEM AMONG THE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, HEALTH PROBLEMS ETC, THEN HE SAYS THE PROGRAM WILL NOT CONTINUE AND HE DOES'NT KNOW WHY: SECOND STORY "GROWER SUPERVISOR" SHOWS: SHOT OF THE GROWER SUPERVISOR SPEAKING TO THE PRESS, SAYS THE AVERAGE IS 20 BOXES A DAY AND SOME PICK 40 BOXES A DAY AT 50C SAYS HIS BIGGEST PROBLEM IS GETTING THE PEOPLE TO WORK, THE WORK THREE DAYS FOR $15,00 AND THATS IT: THIRD STORY "CAPTAIN REESE" SHOWS: SHOT OF CAPTAIN REESE BEING INTERVIEWED, HE IS IN CHARGE OF THE MIGRANT VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE ITS CALLED THE "IMMOKALEE" ITS MADE UP OF RESIDENCE OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE MIGRANTS NEEDS AND HELPING THEM AN HE TALKS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MIGRANT WORKER, SCHOOL, FOURTH STORY "MOTHERS" SHOWS: SHOT OF A BLACK WOMAN TALKING ABOUT BAD HOUSING, NO WELFARE CHECKS, HER HUSBAND MAKES $65 A WEEK, THEY BOUGHT THE HOUSE THEY LIVE IN FOR $125.00: SHOTS OF THE SHACK: SHOTS OF THE REPORTERS INTERVIEWING OTHER MOTHERS: (SHOT RECENTLY 400FT) MIGRANT LABOR EDUCATION - FLORIDA HUNGER HOUSING - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE BRANDEN, JOHN - SOF HEADSTART OPERATION FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE POVERTY - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE SOCIAL WORK - FLORIDA - IMMOKALEE REESE, CAPT XX - SOF XX / 400 FT / 16 COL / POS / D23287