Weed Cutting Issue Title Is Water Water Everywhere (1938)

Part of WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE issue. East Anglia. Various shots of special boat motoring down river in countryside. The boat is fitted with a paddle that powers large pair of scissors under the hull. The scissors are for cutting weeds that clog up the water and get into boat’s propellers. The chopped weeds are scooped out of the water by men using shovels and piled in a barge. M/S of motor launch on river. 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on