| Irish Cooperative Gathers and Transports Peat, Part 2 c.1920s | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6242 |
| Catalog #: | 368959 | |
| Clip Number: | 368959-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON391A3 | |
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| Location: | Offaly County; Ireland | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Peat | |
| Description: | Farming. Irish Cooperative Gathers and Transports Peat;; part 2; cont. from last record. Shots of groups posing in front of stone wall. Priest showing them some paper. Men shaking hands. Next a very rustic house w/ thatched roof; crooked tiny window; half-door open at an angle; and an elderly; frail-looking woman sitting by the door on a stool. MCU priest bending down to talk to woman; he pats her on the back. Priest & other man sit at small table outdoors; w/ 2 priests; 2 laymen standing behind; a line of young men & teenage boys; all dressed in dark suits come by; each hands a card to the priest. CU priest talking & laughing w/ old man w/ shabby rounded hat; fluffy white sideburns. 01.14.11.21 Busy scene of workers carrying bags from carts and loading them onto river barge. Long line of 2-wheel horse-drawn carts loaded w/ bags. men leading horses up a road. More of stacking bags on barge. ECU corner of burlap bag; w/ tag: "New York. ----- From Brackes Co-op Society; Offaly; Ireland. Group of elderly men & women working in field; making small stacks of what look like rocks but are apparently more chunks of peat. Pulled back shot showing more workers; with piles now bigger; small child sits in grass. There follows series of CUs of men talking; inc. a few priests. Then shot of men; women and children working in field; making stacks of peat; of course. Ireland; peasants; labor; agriculture; commerce; rural; scenic | |
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