Oysters Are Culled for First ‘R’ Month

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

117

Date Released

31 Aug 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Amy Johnson Hailed with Whiskered Kiss
2. 2Cup Holders Meet League Champions
3. 3Scots Foregather for Cowal Games
4. 4Kaye Don Arrives in America
5. 5Oysters Are Culled for First ‘R’ Month
6. 6They Ain’t A-Going to Play No More

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oysters at Whitstable. DESCRIPTION: September’s advent has its ominous meaning for crustacean inmates of Whitstable beds. SHOTLIST: Dinghies put off and men board larger boats for the Oyster Catch. Shots of them hauling the oysters aboard and sorting them over. Group of men and women eat and savour them.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Fisheries

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1390

Length of story (in feet)

71

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