Kent (1946)

Item title reads - Kent. Various shots as hop pickers arrive at a London train station with their belongings. Various shots as they gather together and wait for the train. C/U of a mother holding her baby. Various shots as they load their stuff onto the train. M/S at Paddock Wood, Kent. The hop pickers set to work sorting out the huts which will be their homes whilst hop picking. M/S as young women make the tea. M/S's of girls packing straw into mattresses on which they will sleep. C/U as a woman washes clothes in a tub. A girl washes her legs in a bowl of water. C/U of a woman with a baby. Various studies of people, young and old, as they pick the hops. C/U as small children enjoy themselves picking the hops. C/U of a filled barrel of freshly picked hops. FILM ID:1408.4 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/