Hop Harvest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1527
Date Released
8 Sep 1958
Date Other
Sep 1958
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hop Harvest. DESCRIPTION: Hop picking hasn’t been much delayed by the wet Summer, and the harvest is expected to be a good average yield. Most of the hoppers come from London: it’s a sort of holiday with pay! Whole families migrate to the hop-fields at this season. They wouldn’t miss it for all the tea in China! SHOTLIST: MS hop pickers. GV hop field. CU hops. MS hop pickers. Same. GV same. MS pickers. MS same. CU girl picker. MS hops dropped into tray. Same. MS hop pickers. GV hops. LS kettle boiling. CU same.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Children; Agriculture
Locations
Kent; England
Card file number
74836
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Hop Harvest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1527, 8 Sep 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22590 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)