In Daffodil Land

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

557

Date Released

4 Feb 1932

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - Women at work harvesting daffodils in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
British Pathe synopsis: "To be precise, Spalding, Lincolnshire, where acres of glass shield rich, glowing "harvests" reads the introductory intertitle. Panning shots of women picking daffodils inside a greenhouse. C/U of the women as they pick the flowers very carefully. "Day after day the work goes on, cutting, tying, and NoSling the flowers." C/Us of the workers. Low angle shot of the girls walking towards the camera carrying buckets of flowers. Unusual moving shot from high angle of the girls walking along carrying daffodils in their hands. They turn off into the packing sheds. "A few moments later and the packing sheds swallow them up - for speed is the essence of supply here." Large number of women sit at benches in the shed. Various shots of the flowers being sorted and tied into bunches. A guiding device is used to arrange the flowers in attractive staggered bunches. C/U of flowers being placed in boxes.

Keywords

Women; Horticulture

Locations

England; Lincolnshire; Spalding

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.231
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP231
National Film Archive Catalogue

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