Hop Stringing (1969)

No titles. Hop stringing and banding competition. Kent. Various shots of people taking part in hop stringing and banding contest. Competitors stand on stilts to fix strings on the hop wires. Others stand on the ground and work with long poles from there. M/S of women and children watching. Shots of women banders at work in the hop fields. The winning stringer, EA ’Ted’ Blunt receives his trophy cup. The winning bander, Mrs Burrows receives her cup. M/S of people applauding. Ted gives Mrs Burrows a kiss on the cheek. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and G