| FLAX HARVEST AND HERBS Flax for aeroplane wings and herbs for seasoning being grown in Australia. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7050 | |
| Catalog #: | 494022 | |
| Clip Number: | 494022-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 285 | |
| Timecode: | 01:41:07 - 01:42:31 | |
| Location: | Australia | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Grain FARMING: Harvest HORTICULTURE/GARDENS: Herb LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: Misc OCCUPATIONS: Argiculture / Farming / Raching OCCUPATIONS: Women WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | FLAX HARVEST AND HERBS Flax for aeroplane wings and herbs for seasoning being grown in Australia. Australia. Various shots of Australia's women's legion harvesting flax on farm in Victoria. The crop of flax will be sent to Britain and used to make airplane wings. Various shots of gardeners tending a herb garden. Narrator explains since fall of France, herbs have been hard to get hold of. Once grown the herbs are sorted and packed in drying bins. Various shots of old woman and young girl sorting herbs. After being dried, they are sieved and packed into containers. Various shots of Australian army chef serving soup to soldiers (narrator calls them by nickname - "diggers"). The soldiers and the chef taste the soup. | |
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