A Tea-Time Topic! (1931)

Ceylon. “Day in, day out, Eve is busy on the great tea plantations of Ceylon - plucking the tender leaves. (Only the three top leaves are taken, in the best tea).“ Short shot - L/S of plantation - which seems to have been spliced in upside down. L/S of group of pickers on the hillside at work. Panning shot of large group of children. They sit on the ground with bowls in front of them. Men walk along and put something in their bowls - food? M/S of group of women sitting on the ground sorting through the leaves. Woman pours leaves into a basket to be weighed. Panning shot of large number of women at work picking leaves. “Sorting, and giving things a weigh - “ (shot missing?) “Meanwhile, whilst Ma works, the kiddies are being well looked after.“ (shot missing?) “There are three ways of getting the leaves to the factory - modern lorry.“ M/S of sacks of tea leaves being loaded onto a lorry. “This old style.“ (shot missing?) “But, in the end, Eve does the last stage.“ Short shot of two w