Caller Herring (1938)

Unedited material - rolls have been spliced together in an incorrect order. Clapperboard reads: “An Elder Production“ Roll 4 - High angle M/S of a young boy (about 11 or 12 years old) paddling a man made raft or boat between other boats. L/S of a large building with a statue at the top (school or library?) C/U of the statue - a man dressed in animal skins looking out over the village. Short panning shot of mothers and children. Jerky panning shot (out of focus) of large liner close to shore. View above the clouds from a bi-plane or glider (?) Support struts of the wings are seen. Roll 1 - Holiday footage - high angle shot of people around an outdoor swimming pool - probably on a seafront. High angle shot of people on a beach. Various shots of women sitting with bowls on their laps taking mussels from their shells. C/U of woman’s hands as she scrapes out mussels. High angle shot of rocks in the sea. Sea birds fly around the rocks. Various shots of a fishing village: quiet quayside, villa