Cockle Fishing Nicely Made Film Showing How Cockles Are Gathered In Leigh-on-sea Footage

COCKLE FISHING Nicely made film showing how cockles are gathered in Leigh-on-Sea.
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	Catalog #:	162138
	Clip Number:	162138-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 534
	Timecode:	01:33:37 - 01:37:03
	Location:	Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
	Year Shot:	1965 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE, MARINE: Misc FISHING: Commercial, Large Scale FOOD: Seafood, Shellfish FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Street Vendors LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex
	Description:	COCKLE FISHING Nicely made film showing how cockles are gathered in Leigh-on-Sea. Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Early morning footage of men walking along a beach - they are cockle fishers. LS Fishing boats anchored along shore. Men walking past camera in f.g. LS ditto with bow of boat in f.g. LS Trawler with small dinghy alongside. MS Two men standing on deck of trawler. LS Tracking past trawlers anchored offshore.Various shots of the men rowing out to their boats then chugging out to sea. Nice footage of the fishermen at work. Anchor thrown overboard. Men walk through shallow water with wooden rakes, nets and baskets. We see the cockles being gathered and carried back to the boats. We watch the Osborne family gathering the cockles. They have been cockle fishers for many years. Narrator explains how the cockles are harvested and how heavy the shells are. "There is nothing so pure and so good as the fruits of the sea" says the narrator and explains that now "the race is on". Footage of cockles being steamed and cooked by Trevor Taylor. The cockles are then sieved. The waste shells are tipped out into huge piles. C/U of cockles being dished out at "Barney's London's Famous Eel Stall". CU Cockles being put onto small dish. LS Man standing beside stall eating cockles. Various shots of man in a flat cap (a cockney according to the narrator) enjoying some cockles - we see him putting vinegar on them and eating them with his fingers. Charlie Chart walks into picture picks up dish of cockles. CU Bottle of vinegar being sprinkled on cockles. MS Charlie with other man munching cockles. CU Charlie munching. CU Dish of cockles. Rand comes into picture and takes them off dish.