An Expensive Harvest
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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- 3 / 5
- Summary
- NoS Summary - women harvesting asparagus possibly in Germany
British Pathe synopsis: C/U of a basket full of asparagus. M/S of a woman using a special tool to dig out asparagus - looks like it is growing underground. L/S of the field. Women work in the field harvesting the crop. M/S of a group of workers, one man and a teenage girl, the others are women. "Toothsome sticks for tender palates - out of their dugouts!" Various shots of the women digging down and cutting the asparagus. They then fill the earth back over the holes. C/U of a hole being dug. "This harvest has already adorned Berlin’s tables - but the harvest goes on -" L/S of the workers in the trenches. M/S of two women walking along carrying baskets full of asparagus. Various shots of the workers at their tasks. - Researcher Comments
- Possible alternative date - 24/7/1930
- Keywords
- Women; Agriculture
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- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.190
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP190 Used for synopsis
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How to cite this record
'An Expensive Harvest', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 471, 12 Jun 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332452 (Accessed 14 Nov 2025)