Oyster Farm (1962)

Where do the delicacies in form of oysters come from? Some are harvested here in Suffolk in 1962. Butley Creek, Suffolk. C/U oysters sliding down a line of shoots into the sea. C/U of wicker baskets full of oysters ready for sowing, a fisherman is shifting one basket towards the edge of the boat. M/S of two fishermen lifting up the heavy basket and tipping the oysters down the shoots. L/S of the small boat in the shallows near the coast, on board are the three fishermen and attached to the front of the boat are several shoots. M/S of the boat, the fishermen are tipping oysters down the octopus-like shoot contraption - “The Butley Oysterage has imported a million young Portuguese oysters which it plans to harvest within five years“. The fishermen “predict that through much greater efficiency they can bring down the price from about twenty-five shillings a dozen to six shillings“. C/U of the oysters sliding down the shoot. M/S, from behind, of the fishermen squelching through mud, using a sledge