Capturing The German Drug Trade - First Crop Of Belladonna Crown In England (1916)

Dorking, Surrey. Belladonna plants harvested in England for first time to replace imported drugs from Germany. Workers on a steep hillside gathering the plants. Pan as one man carries a bundle of it to add to a pile. C/U of worker standing in the midst of a bunch of growing belladonna cutting the plants. Extreme C/U of worker holding up a plant, pointing at the black berries. Agriculture, medicine, pharmacology, World War One, home front, war work. Note: Belladonna has medicinal value as muscle relaxant as well as use as a poison or a hallucinogenic drug. It is the leaves and roots of the plant from which the drug is extracted not the berries. Modified WPA record. 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 LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which inc