Tattie Howkin’ Aka Potato Harvest (1951)

Short trailer film encouraging young Scots to help out with the potato harvest. Full title reads: “Tattie Howkin’“. Various shots of young people setting off on coaches and trains. LS Young boys going to nissen huts where they will stay. CU of two boys larking about in the washroom. VS of boys eating in the canteen. VS boys and girls playing sport and card games. VS of young people collecting and harvesting potatoes from a field. End title reads: “Produced by COI for the Department of Agriculture For Scotland 1951“. FILM ID:1475.3 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 Gaumont