ATV Today: 20.09.1966: Hop Picking

Summary

Hop picking in Herefordshire. Report by Lionel Hampden with a contribution from actor Valentine Palmer.

Year:

1966

Duration:

0:05:10

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Valentine Palmer finds a hop in his pint. Cut to Lionel Hampden reporting to camera in Herefordshire about the decline in the use of hand pickers in the local hop fields. Views of hops being picked by hand with a commentary from the workers themselves. Children play alongside the workers and there are also views of a caravan site where workers stay. Most of the comments refer to a decline in the industry and the coming of mechanisation. Final shot is Palmer sitting at bar again.


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