| CONAMARAS APPEAL The failure of potato crops in Connemara is felt by the people in Ireland. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5305 |
| Catalog #: | 99878 | |
| Clip Number: | 99878-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1164 | |
| Timecode: | 01:20:58 - 01:25:50 | |
| Location: | Ireland | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Poverty FARMING: Vegetables, Potatoes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Ireland (Eire) | |
| Description: | Connemara's appeal. "There is no famine, but distress does prevail through failure of turf and of potato crops" Ireland. M/S of a man and woman walking along with a donkey which has two baskets on either side of it, the woman covers her head up with her coat. M/S of two men looking at the potatoes in the baskets. M/S as sacks are brought out and loaded onto a donkey and cart, people come up to a man behind a crate and he signs something for them. M/S of two men looking at the potato sacks, another one is added. L/S as the camera pans across the donkeys and carts. L/S as the camera pans across the barren land, various shots of the potato fields. M/S as two ladies stand wrapped in blankets next to a man. C/U of the two ladies, they look like mother and daughter. L/S of men digging at the land and hitting it with hammers, they collect as many potatoes as possible. M/S as two men stand together talking. | |
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