| Women Workers at Fishery; c. 1920 | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5172 |
| Catalog #: | 367800 | |
| Clip Number: | 367800-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 224 D | |
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| Location: | Scotland | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Fish Processing | |
| Description: | Fishing Industry. Fish processing plant. Scottish women workers at large fishery. Opens w/ women leaning over barrels. CU middle-aged - to lderly woman but strong looking; holding a pile of fish. Line of women carrying heavy buckets of fish between them - toward camera. Same women return w/ empty buckets.Pan on area w/ all the barrels - looks like women are leaning over; cleaning fish? There are trays of white stuff; like salt? maybe salting fish for preservation? Male supervisor walks through looking around. 01.18.30.23 Looking down long table/trough filled w/ fish; line of women at it. Another view of a few women at work here - cutting up fish or just cutting heads off; lots of barrels stacked in BG. 01.18.52.26 Women carry baskets & buckets of fish from the long table; it is raining - what a miserable job. Next. a line of women bend over another long trough - this one deeper; & slanted. Unsure exactly what they are doing; several men stand behind them. 01.19.23.00 Looking down the long table just as a barrel is upturned in FG & more fish dumped in; women working fast - like assembly-line; things keep coming! CU 1 woman cutting & tossing fish; keeping a steady speed. From behind - a row of long dirty wet skirts; & the women bending over the trough; Front view same again. CU young woman holding 2 baskets. CU woman w/ handful fish. CU pan 5 friends pose w/ arms round each other & big smiles & laughs - 1 making joke. Repeat some shots. Working class; food. Factory | |
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