Orchids For Export (1949)

Orchids for export. Wandsworth, London. Good C/U’s of orchids. Brothers John and Cyril Dixon work in the greenhouse cross breeding and looking after the plant. They pick the flowers and pack them in cotton wool and water, then lay them in boxes. M/S as the lid is put on, scene dissolves to air hostess carrying a box and handing it over to another air hostess next to the aeroplane bound for America. FILM ID:1271.3 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 News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pa