Media item

First Dutch herring

Week number 37-21

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
00:51
Publication date:
14 May 1937
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER372-HRE0001DBDF

Bussiness in the harbour of Vlaardingen at the arrival of the first herring. SHOTS: -harbour, where the fishing boat ("VL 114") with the first herring aboard is moored; - barrel of herring is lifted out of the hold and is rolled ashore over a gangplank; - cart with a number of barrels of herring is pushed and pulled forward; - (high camera angle) space, filled withbarrels of herring, where men open the barrels, medium shot of a man opening a barrel and pushing the herring under water; - close up of a man eating herring in the treadtional way; - man handing out herring to the eager bystanders.