| LAVENDER HARVEST A look at the lavender harvest in Norfolk and how it is distilled to make the oil for perfume. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6105 |
| Catalog #: | 503579 | |
| Clip Number: | 503579-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 198 | |
| Timecode: | 01:48:44 - 01:51:22 | |
| Location: | Hunstanton, Norfolk. | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Harvest HORTICULTURE/FLOWERS: Lavender INDUSTRY: Beauty Culture, Cosmetics, Perfume LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Norfolk | |
| Description: | LAVENDER HARVEST A look at the lavender harvest in Norfolk and how it is distilled to make the oil for perfume. Hunstanton, Norfolk. L/S of a group of people picking lavender in a field. M/S of a woman cutting the lavender with a knife and a young girl picking it. M/S of a group of children picking. Various shots of adults and children picking the lavender and putting it in bins. M/S as two women carry the bins across to women waiting with sacks, M/S as they pour the lavender into the sacks. Various shots as a man throws the sacks up onto a cart. M/S as he gets on the tractor pulling the cart and drives off, M/S as it drives towards the camera. Interior - two men use a pitchfork to move the lavender into a big still. Various shots as the lavender is transferred to the still, a man is stood on top stamping it down. M/S as they lower the lid onto it when it is full, M/S as they lock the lid. M/S as Arthur Smalls turns the pressure gauge and writes with chalk on a big cylinder. C/U of the lavender oil running from the still into a clear container. M/S as Arthur syphons it off into a flask. C/U of the lavender running through a funnel into the flask. | |
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