| A BUMPER CROP Great footage of families picking hops in the annual harvest in Kent. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5506 |
| Catalog #: | 254511 | |
| Clip Number: | 254511-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/69 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:38 - 01:13:41 | |
| Location: | Kent, England. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/CHILDREN: Working AGE GROUP/SENIORS: Work FARMING: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent | |
| Description: | "Kent. A Bumper Crop. Finest hops for years - prices up - glorious weather - gives the Hop-Pickers Army real 'profit and pleasure' holiday." Kent. Various shots of families working to harvest hops. Men work with hooks to pull down hops. Children (both boys and girls) are pulling hops from the plants and dropping them into sacks. Shots of elderly woman picking hops. An elderly man with a bowler hat pulls hops. More shots of families working together picking hops. Women and children take a break to sit and eat some bread and meat. They even have a baby with them feeding from a bottle. | |
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