Millions Of Herring Includes Prince Of Wales At Yarmouth (1924)

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Title: “Millions of Herrings are now being landed daily“. Panning shot from men standing on the quayside to rows of fishing boats moored in the harbour, baskets on pulleys transport the herring from the boats to dry land. Top shot a hold packed with dead fish, a man is shovelling up spade loads of the fish, a basket on a pulley is lowered into shot. Top shot of the almost empty hold of a boat, two men shovel fish into a basket. M/S of a man on the quay pulling the baskets full of fish off the boats using the pulley system, two other men carry the basket off screen. M/S of the two men tipping the contents of the basket into other baskets. Intertitle: “The Herring Harvest - with the Bonnie Scotch Fisher Lassies hard at work on it - is now in full swing!“ High angled L/S of the fishing boats moored in the harbour. L/S of baskets of fish being unloaded from the boats. M/S of a row of women in headscarves sorting through large trays of fish on the quayside. M/S of some