| MORE BREAD PLEASE Japanese Farmers Harvest, Thresh, Mill Wheat by Hand | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6783 |
| Catalog #: | 494172 | |
| Clip Number: | 494172-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 259 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Grain, Wheat | |
| Description: | MORE BREAD PLEASE! Harvesting, Threshing, Milling Black Wheat in rural Japan. Processes involved in harvesting and processing wheat for flour in rural Japan. Japan MLS woman worker in kimono w/ scarf tied over head, bent over in wheat field, cutting wheat with scythe. MS same. MLS worker gathers and picks up bunch of wheat. MS worker pulling stalks of wheat through a sort of comb to tear the tops off; small boy stands at side looking off down road. CU of the comb thing. MLS another worker stands amidst a bunch of wheat on the ground, pounding it with a sort of mallet on a pole; woman sits outside house in BG, watching. MS worker sifting wheat through a round thing (shaped like lid of hat box). MS worker shaking wheat in a wicker thing like a big scoop; shaking out the chaff. CU same. MS worker dumping wheat from the wicker thing onto drying mats; he kneels and spreads wheat over mat. MS worker gathering wheat again. He dumps it into a cylindrical container in the yard, then he starts to pound on it with the big mallet- -like a large mortar and pestle. CU tilt down: mallet pounding on wheat. MCU elderly farmer holding small box of coarse flour; sifting flour through his fingers. | |
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