| FLOWERS Daffodils are picked on the Isles of Scilly, they are shipped to Penzance where they go to the big markets by train. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 7010 | |
| Catalog #: | 507659 | |
| Clip Number: | 507659-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 56 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:29 - 01:52:22 | |
| Location: | Isles of Scilly | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Plant Nursery, Flowers HORTICULTURE/FLOWERS: Daffodils INDUSTRY: Cargo & Freight Handling INDUSTRY: Horticulture LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Italy, Sicily | |
| Description: | FLOWERS Daffodils are picked on the Isles of Scilly, they are shipped to Penzance where they go to the big markets by train. Isles of Scilly Spring flowers are picked on the Isles of Scilly and shipped to Penzance where they go by train to the markets. L/S of waves lapping around rocks on the Isles of Scilly. C/U of daffodil head, M/S of a bunch of them. Various shots of granite hedges separating the fields. Various shots as men pick the daffodils in the large fields. M/S as they are placed in crates. M/S of ladies in a greenhouse where the flowers are kept for 4 to 5 days, they gather them when they are ready. M/S as ladies bunch them up and they are placed in a box. Various shots as small carts brings them to the quayside at St. Mary's. M/S's as they are packed onto the "Scillonian". The funnel blows and she sets off. Various shots as it sails along to Penzance. M/S as it sails into the harbour. M/S of the boxes, they loaded onto the train. M/S's of train tracks and the train speeding along them. | |


