Wine Harvest (1953)

Item title reads - Pathe Pictorial Colour supplement. Wine harvest, Portugal. L/S Douro river. Various shots as a band leads men and women carrying big baskets. Various shots as they make their way into the vineyards and pick the grapes which make port, good C/U’s as bunches are cut. M/S of a woman examining them. Boys carry the full baskets and tip them into bigger ones, they carry them up the hill. M/S band, C/U boy watching. Various shots as they carry the big baskets and put them down. L/S as band go up hill again followed by workers. M/S as band and workers dance around, camera pans to church. C/U grapes, camera pans down to women singing and band playing. Aerial shot as they dance to celebrate the wine harvest. M/S as children watch. Various shots as the workers dance. Cataloguer’s note: this item was originally in colour. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVI