| FISHER GIRLS OF OSTEND Fishing Families of Ostend | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6800 |
| Catalog #: | 446598 | |
| Clip Number: | 446598-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 306 | |
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| Location: | Ostend, Belgium | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FISHING: Commercial, Small Scale | |
| Description: | FISHER GIRLS OF OSTEND Good footage of families involved in fishing culture in Ostend, Belgium. Nicely shot film showing fishermen at work and women repairing fishing nets in Ostend. Ostend, Belgium Boats in harbor. LS fishing boat (sail) passing cam. Another shot of boat passing, w/ crew of 4 on deck water glistening in harbor, quay in BG. MS women on quay; one hands basket up steps to another. MCU elderly lady in black dress, white lace bonnet poses on quay with fishermen behind her. Boats moored in a row. MLS from edge of quay: boats alongside quay; men handing up baskets of fish; some people are just standing on quay staring at camera. People on quay; woman paying fishermen for catch. MS women bend over baskets of fish; one woman holds fish up to show camera. MLS young women pose on street outside shop, holding handles of cart loaded with baskets of fish; then they push the cart on down the street. MS group of women and children gathered around woman who sits making fishing net, working very fast while smiling and laughing; looks like an extended family kind of thing; the net itself is tied around a pole and she uses sticks to make it, as if she's knitting. MS serious young girl c. age 10 sits by another pole tying knots in net, 2 other girls sit with her. MLS another net party around a lightpole; 2 girls working on a large net of fine mesh; a couple younger girls sit on the ground also working but more slowly; some boys also hanging out. Yet another bunch of people, these have their net tied to a short fence post; 2 women are working on the net and around/behind them are other women, babies and children of all ages, and men standing in back. fishing, commercial, fishermen, fishwives, fishmongers, families, family, street peddlers, children, child labor, fishing equipment, fishing nets, women workers | |
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