The Lily Harvest
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- NoS Summary - Story about harvesting water lilies from a pond in Lingfield, Surrey.
British Pathe synopsis: "Here’s a quaint, little-known industry of England - harvesting water lilies - (at Lingfield)." M/S of old timbered cottage. Woman stands beside the cottage with a basket in her hand. She picks up a long pole that is propped up against the cottage. "All you need is a nice calm day - water lilies refuse to open if the weather’s cold and windy - !" L/S of a boat floating on a pond. C/U of two women leaning out of the boat picking the lilies. There are three women and one man in the little boat. The man uses the pole to push the boat along. "If ordinary flowers are "daughters of the earth" - these must be water babies!" C/U of the girls, one closest to camera bunches some of the flowers together. C/U of a bunch of lilies. There is a dog in the boat too. L/S of the boat moving through some tall reeds. L/S of woman with basket walking back towards the cottage. - Keywords
- Horticulture
- Locations
- Lingfield; England; Surrey
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.240
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP240
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record
'The Lily Harvest', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 576, 16 Jun 1932. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/333006 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)