The Harvest Of Flowers (1936)

Item title reads - The harvest of the flowers. Italy. L/S mountains and valleys in Italy. Various shots as ladies use scythes to cut the lavender on the hillside. They carry their sacks to be weighed. M/S of ladies kneeling in rows of lavender separating flowers from stalks. M/S as big vat of lavender blooms is lowered into still, M/S of the flowers. A huge lid is put on and attached to the cistern which is stoked up with logs. M/S as the oil is distilled and comes out into a glass jar. M/S of a lady sitting in laboratory making lavender water. M/S of girls labelling the bottles. 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 includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire Ne