Near the Sands of Vendee - France
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- British Pathe synopsis: Sands of Vendee. "Salt Lake, U.S.A. isn’t the only place where they reclaim condiments from the water - they do it in Western France.." L/S of field which is divided up into small flooded strips. A man walks around the edge of one of the strips. M/S of the man standing on a raised section of the field. Piles of salt can be seen in between each flooded section. "Each of these "sections" contains salty sea-water - the hot sun does the rest..." L/S of a woman working on the salt flat. C/U of one of the sections of salty water. Tilt up to show the sections stretching out. "Evaporation is the thief of time here." Man pushes the water with a long brush device. "The week’s best seller" Girl stands beside a huge pile of salt, picking up handfuls and letting it run through her fingers.
- Keywords
- Food and cooking; Industry and manufacture; Landforms
- Locations
- France; Vendee
- Written sources
- British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP268
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