News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Herring Time

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
488A
Date Released
13 Oct 1938
Date submitted
10 Oct 1938
Date submitted
11 Oct 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
11 / 14
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Herring Fishing Season Opens. DESCRIPTION: The Herring Season again at Yarmouth. SHOTLIST: Herring drifters leave Great Yarmouth Harbour. Meanwhile, the fisher girls are knitting on the quay waiting for the return of the boats laden with fish. The fish is unloaded and deft fingers salt and clean the herring, which are packed in barrels for export.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Women; Industry and manufacture; Fisheries
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
34576
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Herring Time', British Movietone News Issue No. 488A, 13 Oct 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9310 (Accessed 27 Jun 2025)