Reel 8 shows rice farming, including Elmer Johnson wading through the rice fields as water is pumped in from the canal to flood the rice fields. Later footage shows rice as it is harvested and loaded onto a truck by conveyor belt. Also depicted is the seeding of rice by plane. Reel 8 also includes footage of the almond trees in bloom, as well as farm workers harvesting almonds by hand. When the almonds are ready to be harvested, a low wagon is driven up to each tree and a large tarp placed around the base of the tree. Workers use axe handles with tire tread wrapped around the end to knock tree trunks and shake nuts loose and onto the tarp. Almonds are then gathered and loaded with shovels into sacks. This reel shows filled sacks stacked on top of each other ready for transport.