| NEW BERTH FOR BANANAS Bananas come off a conveyor-belt from a ship at the Royal Albert Dock in London. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6371 | |
| Catalog #: | 255192 | |
| Clip Number: | 255192-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/37 | |
| Timecode: | 01:41:04 - 01:41:57 | |
| Location: | Royal Albert Dock, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FOOD: Fruit LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | "NEW BERTH FOR BANANAS". Royal Albert Dock, London. Brief shots of the Strand and Piccadilly in London as commentator talks of the old song "that suggested we should all go down the Strand and have a banana". Various shots of the steamship 'Eros' at the Royal Albert Dock that is inaugurating today a new berth specially built and equipped by the Port of London Authority for a regular service with the West Indies. Several shots of numerous bunches of bananas coming off a conveyor belt from the ship and being sorted by men. Speeded up footage of the same. | |
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