An Expensive Harvest

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
471
Date Released
12 Jun 1930
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mother Seal and her family Home
  2. 2The Triumph of Pan by Dawnya & Petrova
  3. 3An Expensive Harvest
  4. 4(Girls and Games)
  5. 5Tricky Trixies

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
NoS Summary - women harvesting asparagus possibly in Germany
British Pathe synopsis: C/U of a basket full of asparagus. M/S of a woman using a special tool to dig out asparagus - looks like it is growing underground. L/S of the field. Women work in the field harvesting the crop. M/S of a group of workers, one man and a teenage girl, the others are women. "Toothsome sticks for tender palates - out of their dugouts!" Various shots of the women digging down and cutting the asparagus. They then fill the earth back over the holes. C/U of a hole being dug. "This harvest has already adorned Berlin’s tables - but the harvest goes on -" L/S of the workers in the trenches. M/S of two women walking along carrying baskets full of asparagus. Various shots of the workers at their tasks.
Researcher Comments
Possible alternative date - 24/7/1930
Keywords
Women; Agriculture
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.190
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP190 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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