Bridgetown - Barbados - Lady Coal Shovelers In British West Indies (1920-1929)

Bridgetown - Barbados - Lady Coal shovelers. West Indian women shovelling coal then; carrying it on trays balanced on their heads. CU woman working. Women walking down street carrying coal. Women selling pottery to white sailor. Women at market selling fruit from baskets and trays balanced on their heads. colonialism; workers; mining; industry; markets; food. 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 the British Pathé website.