| SALMON LEAP Salmon Fishing with Nets | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6728 | |
| Catalog #: | 429892 | |
| Clip Number: | 429892-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 91 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:46 - 01:49:02 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FISHING: Commercial, Small Scale LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Fishing | |
| Description: | SALMON LEAP Salmon fishing in Britain. Fishing scenes - pulling in nets, rowing boats, killing large salmon. LS 2 fishermen stand at edge of water; straightening out or checking their net; a few other fishermen stand nearby. Closer shot of the 2 men standing on their boat, pulling the net onto the boat. Fishermen rowing away in 2 boats - 3 in one, 4 in the other. Shot (from another boat?) of 2 men rowing boat in a curve while letting out the net. Wide shot of boat coming in to shore. Cut to shot from same spot of a few men pulling the boat in. Another wide shot of small boat, buildings on shore in BG. Several shots of fishermen wading in the edge of the water, pulling in nets; docks & cranes in BG & various other buildings around harbor. MLS 4 men pose w/ a big salmon caught in the net; the guy holding it whacks it on the head with a stick to kill it. MCU salmon held by fisherman. More of gathering in nets, harvesting fish. MS another man holds up a fish; he grins and walks toward camera w/ fish. Shot looking toward water where 2 men stand, each pulling one end of net which curves around in a horseshoe shape. Cut to shot of same, w/ net nearly all pulled in. Others come to help. One of the guys starts whacking a huge fish. MS very short man holding the huge fish. Shot from a boat looking toward shore, w/ the net back out again, its floats again forming a horseshoe shape on the water. | |
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