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News from the SSS islands: harvest of sweet potatoes

Week number 63-10

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

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Harvest of sweet potatoes on the island of St. Eustatius. The green of the potatoes is eaten by a donkey and a boy writes the origin of the potatoes on a bag. The potatoes are transportesd to the coast and temporarily stored in warehouses in the Oranje Bay. From there they're taken to the coaster Antilla in a rowing boat. Because of the perishability of the potatoes they're harvested only a few days before the Antilla arrives.

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
1 March 1963
Length:
01:24

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User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
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