A Tea-Time Topic!

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

527

Date Released

9 Jul 1931

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

British Pathe synopsis: "Day in, day out, Eve is busy on the great tea plantations of Ceylon - plucking the tender leaves. (Only the three top leaves are taken, in the best tea)." L/S of group of pickers on the hillside at work. Panning shot of large group of children. They sit on the ground with bowls in front of them. Men walk along and put something in their bowls. M/S of group of women sitting on the ground sorting through the leaves. Woman pours leaves into a basket to be weighed. Panning shot of large number of women at work picking leaves. "Sorting, and giving things a weigh - " "Meanwhile, whilst Ma works, the kiddies are being well looked after." "There are three ways of getting the leaves to the factory - modern lorry." M/S of sacks of tea leaves being loaded onto a lorry. "This old style." "But, in the end, Eve does the last stage." Short shot of two women walking up stairway. "Once inside, the leaves are withered on "tats" - " "Stalks and foreign matter are eliminated." "And sifters of every sort get to work." C/U of machinery which sifts the leaves. M/S of other machines at work in the warehouse. "An important factor in tea is blending - and here the expert tasters step in." L/S of two tea tasters at work walking down a line of teas. Closer shot of the men tasting spoonfuls of tea then spitting it out. "And when the blends are settled, and the tea packed, away it goes on its long journey to wherever a teapot waits."

Keywords

Agriculture

Locations

Ceylon

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.215
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP215 Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: British Film Institute (BFI)
Email: For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web: http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone: 020 7255 1444
Fax: 020 7580 7503
Address: 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes: The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held: View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)

Name: British Pathe Ltd
Email: info@britishpathe.com
Web: https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone: 0207 665 8340
Address: 3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes: Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held: View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

Record Stats