| Fish Market and Workers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 2614 | |
| Catalog #: | 521725 | |
| Clip Number: | 521725-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NYC5 | |
| Timecode: | 21:36:44 - 21:41:01 | |
| Location: | New York City, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1988 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FOOD: Seafood, Shellfish INDUSTRY: Fish Processing LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York OCCUPATIONS: Laborers | |
| Description: | Fish Market and Workers Head-on view garages (loading docks) for two seafood markets, the Montauk Sea Food Co. and Gloucester Fish Co. Two businessmen walk into one of them. Pan to exterior unglamorous row of similar businesses. View under overhang looking down sidewalk, fish market signs hanging as workers come and go, some moving merchandise on dollies. Angle view looking up at building with sign on it, "Oysters And Clams", tilt down to entryway for same; this is not a nice part of town but somewhat dirty, with graffiti on the wall. Various shots of workers in fish market area, loading or unloading, examining and packing seafood into boxes and crates. Man stands outside M. Slavin & Sons Ltd., where a scale for weighing food swings behind him; he walks into the shop. WS this strip of businesses with crates and debris scattered in parking lot, one red car there, workers here and there. | |
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