| THE HOP PICKERS ARMY Traditional scenes of East Enders of all ages in the hop fields. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5372 |
| Catalog #: | 244619 | |
| Clip Number: | 244619-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1429 | |
| Timecode: | 01:21:03 - 01:22:01 | |
| Location: | Kent | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Grain, Hops FARMING: Harvest LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent OCCUPATIONS: Argiculture / Farming / Raching OCCUPATIONS: Migrant Labor / Itinerant Labor | |
| Description: | The Hop-Pickers' Army. East Ender "profit and pleasure" holiday is now in full swing in the hopfields. Kent M/S men and women amongst hop bushes. Shot of mother and five children picking hops and putting them into a large bag. C/U of a pretty little girl with blonde curly hair and a grubby dress looking wistfully at the camera. She holds hops and other children are around her. A man empties hop pickings into a sack, while another man in a hat logs down the weight on paper. M/S men and women round a steaming cooking pot over a fire, and one women tastes the soup. | |
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