| HOPPING SEASON BEGINS AT PADDOCK WOOD All hands on deck as whole families join in to gather the Hop Harvest. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5271 |
| Catalog #: | 508252 | |
| Clip Number: | 508252-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 596 | |
| Timecode: | 01:02:42 - 01:04:46 | |
| Location: | Paddock Wood, Kent. | |
| Year Shot: | 1919 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Grain, Hops FARMING: Harvest LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent OCCUPATIONS: Argiculture / Farming / Raching | |
| Description: | Paddock Wood - The "Hopping" Season - Picking is in full swing in Kent Hop-fields where there is an excellent crop. Paddock Wood, Kent. Good item on Kentish Hop Pickers. WS. Women with babies on their laps picking hops. WS. Pan from family group working together. WS. Women working together filling sack set up on stretcher. WS Pan across large group of pickers. LS Children working on picking. LS. family working small child hanging from sack filled with hops. WS Woman pulling down more hops. WS, Pickers working pan to see cart with full sacks stacked on it. LS Pickers posing fro the camera all move off. WS Good shot of women and children working together to fill sacks. LS. Good shot two small girls with hops draped around them. Very cute. MS. Woman holding arms full of hops with only her head visible. WS Transferring the picked hops into sacks. (seasonal work, migrant farm workers) | |
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