The Hop Pickers Army 1925

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Item title reads - The hop pickers' army. East Enders' profit and pleasure holiday is now in full swing in the hopfields. Kent.

L/S of the hopfield, the camera pans across the people working in each row. A man uses a pole to pull the hop plants down to ground level. M/S as they pull the hops...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19771
Sort Number:
G 1220
Time in/Out:
01:43:20:00 / 01:44:17:00
Canister:
G 1220
Film ID:
418.29
Issue Date:
31/08/1925

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