| CAPTURING THE GERMAN DRUG TRADE - FIRST CROP OF BELLADONNA CROWN IN ENGLAND Harvesting belladonna plants in Dorking, normally exported from Germany. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5493 |
| Catalog #: | 494319 | |
| Clip Number: | 494319-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 21 J | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:51 - 01:10:19 | |
| Location: | Dorking, England, Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DRUGS: Pharmaceuticals FARMING: Harvest LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Surrey | |
| Description: | Dorking, Surrey. Belladonna plants harvested in England for first time; to replace imported drugs from Germany. (Belladonna; and the alkaloid atropine; have medicinal value--as muscle relaxant; etc.-- as well as use as a poison or a hallucinogenic drug.) Workers on a steep hillside gathering the plants. Pan as one man carries a bundle of it to add to a pile. CU Worker standing in the midst of a bunch of growing belladonna; cutting the plants. ECU Worker holding up a plant; pointing at the black berries. (Actually it is the leaves and roots of the plant from which the drug is extracted.) | |
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