The excerpt shows coconut processing in Galle, Sri Lanka, used for the preparation of coconut oil and the manufacture of carpets from the fibrous shell of the fruit. The sequence, part of an audio documentary, is accompanied by the narrator's voice describing the images. The documentary ‘Journey to Ceylon’, made by Manfredi and Ciampi, is dated between 23 December 1961 and 8 January 1962 and is contained in the Brusati Fund.