News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2384

Date Released

9 Feb 1975

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Channel Tunnel
• 2. Daffodil Harvest
• 3. Baby Giraffe
• 4. Viareggio Carnival

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Daffodil Harvest. DESCRIPTION: The recent mild weather has made the daffodils flower early in the Scilly Isles. For the Islanders it means hard work to pick the flowers before they bloom and rush them to markets on the mainland. SHOTLIST: GV ship in St. Mary’s Harbour. GV ditto, MS Scillonian. GV St. Mary’s. GV daffodils blowing in wind in field. GV field of daffodils (not in bloom). SV pickers in field. CU picker at work. CU picked flowers in boxes on trailer. CU picker at work. SV pickers putting picked flowers into boxes. SV ladies in workshop bunching up flowers & boxing. CU bunching. CU bunching & boxing. SV flowers being put in cardboard boxes for export. CU flowers in box (blooming). SV lid being put on box. GV boxes being loaded onto helicopter. LV helicopter taking off. Aerial of Scillies. GV pan field of blooming daffodils. CU pan up ditto.

Keywords

Aviation; Agriculture; Horticulture; Industry and manufacture

Locations

Scilly Isles

Card file number

75/40

Credits:

Camera

Cedric Baynes

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

180

Story extras:

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