Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Herring Harvest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
961
Date Released
3 Nov 1947
Date submitted
30 Oct 1947
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Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Herring Season in Full Swing. DESCRIPTION: The herring harvest is reported not to be so good this year but the scene is brisk at Great Yarmouth when the drifters come in. SHOTLIST: KS SCU drifter leaving harbour. MS drifter entering and another leaving harbour. Several shots of drifters outside harbour, seagulls flying around same. MS drifter alongside quay being unloaded of their catch. SCU herring being packed into cases. Scots girls gutting herrings. MS Irishmen gutting herrings. Cut-ins of lines of cases of herrings. Several shots of herrings. Cut-in looking into hold shows herring being hoisted out of same.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Fisheries
Locations
Norfolk; Great Yarmouth
Card file number
49363
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Herring Harvest', British Movietone News Issue No. 961, 3 Nov 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14749 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)