| HOP STRINGING Hop stringing and banding contest in Kent. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5039 |
| Catalog #: | 29257 | |
| Clip Number: | 29257-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 69/32 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:51 - 01:36:10 | |
| Location: | Kent, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Occupational FARMING: Grain, Hops LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent | |
| Description: | HOP STRINGING & BANDING COMPETITION Hop stringing and banding contest in Kent. Kent Various shots of people taking part in hop stringing and banding contest. CU Base of stilts walking through hop fields. Dragging along ground is a large hank of string. Competitors stand on stilts to fix strings on the hop wires. Pan up to show man on stilts stringing hop wires. As Stringer on stilts stringing hop wires. CU Stringer on stilts stringing hop wires. Others stand on the ground and work with long poles from there. Top S. Showing woman working in hop field below. SV Man on stilts stringing hop wires. Pan down to his feet. SV Another stringer on ground stringing hop wires with a pole. CU Satchel carrying large ball of string of which man on ground carries. CU Pole which man on ground uses to string. Camera pans as he hooks string to line above. SV Another man working on ground stringing with a pole. SV Another man working with a pole. CU A family watching. M/S of women and children watching. Shots of women banders at work in the hop fields. SV Woman working in hop field known as a bander. CU Woman bander. CU Another woman bander. The winning stringer, EA 'Ted' Blunt receives his trophy cup. CU People clapping. The winning bander, Mrs Burrows receives her cup. M/S of people applauding. Ted gives Mrs Burrows a kiss on the cheek. SCU Winners of competition kissing. | |
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