| IN DAFFODIL LAND Girls Working in Daffodil Greenhouses | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6773 |
| Catalog #: | 435969 | |
| Clip Number: | 435969-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 231 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Spalding, Lincolnshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Plant Nursery, Flowers | |
| Description: | IN DAFFODIL LAND Women at work harvesting daffodils Spalding, Lincolnshire Shots of girls/young women working in daffodil greenhouse and packing shed. Most look like young teenagers. MS pan on women workers in greenhouse picking daffodils, with long stems; greenhouse is quite large and there are many more workers in BG. MS pan on more workers tying daffodils into bunches. Shot looking down center aisle then panning rt. on the workers bending over rows of daffodils. CU 2 girls picking daffs. MCU girls tying stems into bunches. CU young girl picking up bunches of daffs. MS a line of girls walk down aisle toward camera, carrying bunches of flowers standing in pots. Tracking shot looking backwards as a crowd of smiling girls with arms full of daffodils walk outside greenhouses, following camera, then turning and entering another building. Shot panning on interior of packing shed; very young-looking girl pushing handcart with pots of flowers toward camera, past a long row of crates; at rt. a line of girls stand with backs to crates, looking over shoulders at cam. MCU girls' hands removing the long-stemmed daffodils from pots and laying them on racks; other girls in BG stand along same long table doing other tasks. CUs of girl's hands taking a few long spear-shaped leaves and a few of the stems with flowers, and tying them into small bunches. MCU woman's hands packing these bunches into a big paper-lined carton, then folding paper over the top. | |
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