Glasshouse Girls

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

536

Date Released

10 Sep 1931

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

NoS synopsis: "Where the "apple of love" - in other words, the tomato - grows." High angle shot of a large number of greenhouses. Camera pans across. "Young tomato plants spend part of their early life in pots." M/S of group of women potting up tomato plants. C/U of two girls putting the seedlings into the pots. One of the girls holds up a pot to the camera. M/S of the girls at work. "In three weeks potting becomes planting." High angle shot of women replanting the seedlings into the ground using hand trowels. "Later, Eve’s trimming experience is a useful asset." Various shots of women tending to tomato plants. "Another ten weeks sees the fruit ripe for picking. M/S of girls walking between rows of tomato plants with baskets of picked tomatoes. "After picking - packing." High angle shot of three women packing tomatoes. C/U of woman placing straw into a box to protect the tomatoes. The lid of the box is then nailed on. M/S of lorry driving away from the greenhouses.

Keywords

Women; Horticulture

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.220
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP220

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