The Orange Harvest

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
463
Date Released
17 Apr 1930
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
NoS Summary - young children picking oranges in Spain.
British Pathe synopsis: "Filmed in Sunny Spain". Spanish "tots" set off for the Orange orchards - a group of young children (4-8 years old) walk away from the camera down a country lane. A woman leads them into an orchard and they begin to pick fruit from the trees. C/U of the fruit hanging from the tree. C/U two young girls picking the fruit from the tree. M/S of three girls crouching on the ground putting fruit into a basket (these look more like apples actually). C/U of three girls eating Orange segments. They laugh. "Where the fruit hangs higher, big brothers and fathers find a job - " Low angle shot of men picking fruit high in the tree tops. Young boys carry baskets on their heads. High angle shot of a large basket full of fruit. Fruit is tipped from baskets onto a large pile. "Youngsters" sort the fruit in a large warehouse. The fruit is transported to the docks on horse drawn carts. Various shots of the docks with boxes of fruit being loaded onto a barge.
Keywords
Children; Agriculture
Locations
Spain
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   17 April 1930, p41.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.186
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP186 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record

'The Orange Harvest', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 463, 17 Apr 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332414 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)