Where the Beer Begins

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1842
Date Released
21 Sep 1964
Date submitted
11 Sep 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Art Without Artifice
  2. 2Kiss of Life - By Machine
  3. 3Ancient and Modern
  4. 4Where the Beer Begins
  5. 5Animal Farm

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Where the Beer Begins. DESCRIPTION: Every year hundreds of Londoners flock to the gardens of Kent to harvest the hops for the beer. They’ve installed machines in some places which can do the work of thirty pickers. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MLS people hop-picking. MS same. MCU hop-picking. CU same. MS same. CU girl. MS people taking hops off branches. CU old lady. MS people picking hops. MS man loading hops into bags. LAS boy on ladder cutting down hops (2 shots). MLS tractor loaded with hops. MLS man hanging up hops. MS same (2 shots). MS hops passing through machine. MS hops on conveyor belt sorted. LS barbecue. MS cooking over open fire. CU old lady. MS Bill Phipps drinks yard of beer. MS 2 men doing likewise. GV crowd. MS men holding up pints of beer.
Keywords
Agriculture
Locations
Kent; Beltring Paddock Wood
Card file number
88838
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Macdonald Hobley
Length of story (in feet)
186
Story extras:
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