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Herring Harvest
Thou shalt have a fishy: there are herrings aplenty as industrious Yarmouth fishermen get to work in this newsreel item
Overview
Thou shalt have a fishy: there are herrings aplenty as industrious Yarmouth fishermen get to work in this Kinograph newsreel item showing the harvesting process. Once the fish are ashore, lines of women as far as the eye can see undertake the unpleasant work of heading and gutting them.
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