| BRINGING UP FATHER Methods of fish breeding on a trout and eel farm. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7233 |
| Catalog #: | 505559 | |
| Clip Number: | 505559-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 368 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:50 - 01:02:10 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/FISH: Eels ANIMALS/FISH: Trout ANIMALS/GENERAL: Behavior, Mating & Reproduction FARMING: Livestock, Fish LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | BRINGING UP FATHER Methods of fish breeding on a trout and eel farm. Commercial trout and eel farm. High angled panning shot over rows of tanks in warehouse. M/S of man using sift to pick up fish eggs from tanks. He uses tweezers to pick out dead, white eggs (narrator calls them "tiny trout corpses"). M/S of man opening incubators. He dips in a glass pipe to transport baby fish from incubator water. Extreme C/U of tiny baby fish hatching from eggs. Various C/Us of larger baby fish in a tank. C/U of fish eggs in test tube - water kept in motion to prevent eggs from sticking. Various C/Us of tank full of wriggly baby eels. M/S of outdoor tank full of adult trout, a man is throwing them food from a bowl. Narrator asks: "Yes, Mrs. Parbottle?". A cockney women's voice asks: "If they can do that with fish then what about the chips?". Narrator replies sarcastically: "What about the chips?" | |
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