| BIRD EGGS Old men collect seabird eggs from nests on a steep cliff in Yorkshire. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7059 | |
| Catalog #: | 510628 | |
| Clip Number: | 510628-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 339 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:05 - 01:36:00 | |
| Location: | Yorkshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1942 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FOOD: Eggs FOOD: Rationing/Shortages LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Yorkshire WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Rationing & Shortages | |
| Description: | BIRD EGGS Old men collect seabird eggs from nests on a steep cliff in Yorkshire. Yorkshire. Various shots of elderly men walking along a cliff path. Commentator explains that "To speed up the wartime food drive" they are off to collect eggs from the cliffside nests of seabirds such as guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and seagulls. 56-year-old George Tundler (Chandler?) puts on a safety belt and battered policeman's helmet to protect against falling rocks, then is lowered on a rope down the side of the steep cliff to a nest and collects the eggs. M/S of the other old men sitting on the grass and hauling their friend up again. George puts the eggs into a basket. | |
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