Cranberry Picking (1930)

No title. “Cranberries float, so by flooding the bog, not a berry is missed.“ (presumably the following shot is incorrectly placed) Shot of what appears to be an amoeba highly magnified. “Cranberry picking, like golf, is an open air sport, but is played differently. - Cape Cod. Mass.“ C/U of women kneeling in a cranberry field using special cranberry scoops to collect the fruit. C/U of the scoop being used to pull the fruit off the stems. L/S of men at work with the scoops. “Cranberries float, so by flooding the bog, not a berry is missed.“ L/S of man working in a flooded field. Closer shot of the man as he scoops up the cranberries. Note: orange tinted print. This is an extract from one of Walter Futter’s Curiosities. Some of this material finds its way into “Cranberry Eves“ EP001. 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 LICENSIN
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