| TOMATO PICKING Women and men pick and pack tomatoes at a greenhouse. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7038 | |
| Catalog #: | 509839 | |
| Clip Number: | 509839-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 225 | |
| Timecode: | 01:52:49 - 01:54:05 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Vegetables, Tomatoes HORTICULTURE/GARDENS: Greenhouse HORTICULTURE/GARDENS: Vegetable LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Horticulture OCCUPATIONS: Women | |
| Description: | TOMATO PICKING Women and men pick and pack tomatoes at a greenhouse. England. Several shots of girls picking tomatoes, or 'love apples' as commentator refers to them, in greenhouses. They take their baskets out to a man with a cart and stack them up then take them to the sorting sheds. Women and men sort and grade the tomatoes, putting them through a machine. The tomatoes are packed in boxes, covered with straw and lids are hammered on. Women and men stack the boxes onto a truck which drives off. | |
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