Sailors Help Farmers (1942)

Titles read: “SAILORS HELP FARMERS“. Virginia, United States of America. Various shots of British sailors on leave arriving at farm in Virginia. They take off their tunics and set to work in their vests and shirts (and trousers!) in helping the farmers to bring in their harvest. They pitch hay and pick sweetcorn cobs. When the work is done they are rewarded with bottles of milk and beer to drink. Note: some of this footage is also found in story NEWSBRIEFS in 42/93. The story catalogued here has extra shots. 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 News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont Briti