Children Go Hop Picking 1920

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Paddock Wood, Kent.

Intertitle: "DESPITE OFFICIAL 'BAN' - thousands of kiddies are helping 'Dad and Mum' in the Hopfields".

M/S of men, women and lots of children standing between rows of hops. Panning shot of a group of children standing amongst the piles of picked hops. M/S of a...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21563
Sort Number:
G 0699
Time in/Out:
01:43:20:00 / 01:44:04:00
Canister:
G 699
Film ID:
212.38
Issue Date:

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