This promotional film titled “Future Limited” was made by the Nesbitt’s Fruit Company in the 1960s. The film shows the fruit production and the making of Nesbitt’s products including its famous orange soda. It also portrays activities and attractions across Southern California, including an oil rig, a Pan American aircraft factory, a Miss World competition parade, Knott’s Berry Farm, the Marine of the Pacific park, and Disneyland The film is a Frederick K. Rocket Production, written by Dale W. Brown, photographed by Jay Adams, edited by John Soh, and produced and directed by John J. Hennessy with music by Jack Meakin.

Nesbitt’s was a popular brand of orange-flavored soda pop in the United States during much of the 20th century. Nesbitt’s was produced by the Nesbitt Fruit Products Company of Los Angeles, California, founded in 1924, named after its founder Hugh S. Nesbitt.

Credits (00:07). A Pan Am DC-8 passenger jet (00:23). The City of Los Angeles, California with views of buildings, crowded highways, and sand beaches (00:32). A Nesbitt’s truck (01:06). Donkeys pull a carriage (01:19).The City of San Juan Capistrano in Orange County (01:27). Spanish missionaries farming (01:35). Orange trees (01:52). Los Angeles City (01:58). An oil rig (02:08). Oil pipelines (03:16). Views of oil tanks and refinery (03:23). A rocket and views of the space base (03:50). The rocket launches (04:19). A flying plane (04:46). A Pan American World Airways factory (04:54). A plane takes off (05:18). A flying McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Pan American aircraft (05:29). The Miss World competition parade (05:36). A man is drawing swimsuit designs (06:35). A textile factory (06:53). Different colored and patterned fabrics (07:04). A model wears new swimsuit designs (07:10). She displays the swimsuit for observers (07:24). An orange tree field (07:48). Farmers pick oranges from the trees (08:02). Views of the processing of oranges at a Nesbitt’s processing plant (08:22). The fruits are separated by size and quality (08:30). The oranges are sterilized (08:36), then sliced in half (08:44). The juice is extracted from the halves (08:56). The concentrated juice is packaged in glass bottles (09:26). Various Nesbitt’s product flavors are produced (10:26) and tasted to ensure quality (10:59). A laboratory develops new flavors and flavor combinations (11:14). Jars of chocolate orange fudge are packaged (11:27). Addresses are marked on the boxes for shipments across the world (11:49). Nesbitt’s trucks exit the factory (12:00). Views of Knott’s Berry Farm in Los Angeles and the activities offered (12:04). A Wild West performance of cowboys shooting each other (12:48). Views of the children in the audience drinking Nesbitt’s orange sodas (13:15). Marine of the Pacific (now closed) public oceanarium (13:33). A dolphin show (13:40). A sea lion show (13:51). Views of Disneyland and various attractions and rides in the amusement park (14:03). A marina with docked boats (15:53). Boats sailing (16:11). Passengers aboard the boats drink Nesbitt’s orange soda (16:16). “The End” text overlay (16:58).

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