Flax Harvest & Herbs Issue Title Is Seeing’s Believing (1941)

Part of SEEING’S BELIEVING issue. Australia. Various shots of Australia’s women’s legion harvesting flax on farm in Victoria. The crop of flax will be sent to Britain and used to make aeroplane wings. Various shots of gardeners tending a herb garden. Narrator explains since fall of France, herbs have been hard to get hold of. Once grown the herbs are sorted and packed in drying bins. Various shots of old woman and young girl sorting herbs. After being dried, they are sieved and packed into containers. Various shots of Australian army chef serving soup to soldiers (narrator calls them by nickname - “diggers“). The soldiers and the chef taste the soup. 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 t
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