| AN EXPENSIVE HARVEST Asparagus Harvest in Germany | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6757 |
| Catalog #: | 433549 | |
| Clip Number: | 433549-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 190 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Vegetables, Asparagus | |
| Description: | AN EXPENSIVE HARVEST Farm workers harvesting asparagus in Germany. CU basket of asparagus. MS peasant woman in skirt and sweater of contrasting stripes bending over in field, digging with stick. MCU she pulls asparagus spears out of holes. Pretty shot of trees and clouds. WS several workers in field. MLS women workers raking long mounds of earth. MS woman kneels alongside one of these mounds, cutting asparagus stalk out of hole. MS woman smoothing dirt over hole; another working in BG. WS panning on flat field, with surface "corrugated" with these same long mounds which look like lines of pipes running through; workers in BG. MCU worker scooping away dirt with hand to reveal top of asparagus. MLS a bunch of busy workers. MLS 2 women carry baskets of asparagus along path past trees. LS 2 women work in field. LS woman sits under tree with pile of asparagus. MS same; she is putting asparagus into basket. | |
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