Chick-chick-chicken!
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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Story
- Summary
- NoS Summary - Young women are taught the ropes of poultry farming.
British Pathe synopsis: "Filmed at Welwyn, Hertfordshire". "Every year more and more girls are attracted to the business of poultry keeping." M/S of girls walking towards the camera carrying baskets over their arms. They wear overalls. "Poultry farming is a business which any intelligent woman can make into a successful scientific and paying occupation." M/S of girls sitting on benches in the open air having a lesson. Woman stands in front of the group with a chicken in her arms. M/S of the girls at work. One is sawing a piece of wood, others are cleaning cages. L/S of the girls pushing wheelbarrows through a farmyard, a pond is seen in the foreground - quite a picturesque scene. C/U of two girls with a tray of chicks. One of the girls holds a chick in her hand. "Super productions - just released!" C/U of chicks hatching from eggs. C/U of chicks moving around in eggshells. "Seven-day old Citizens of the farm." Woman sits beside a pen full of baby chicks. The chicks spill out of a door in the side of the pen. C/U of some of the chicks at a food dispenser. "Here, there and everywhere - chick - chick - chickens." Panning shot of a field with lots of chick pens. Chicks run around as the girls do their work. - Keywords
- Birds; Animal husbandry
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.264
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP264
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record
'Chick-chick-chicken!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 631, 6 Jul 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/333233 (Accessed 09 Jul 2025)