[Sardine & Fishing Industry Footage]

1458.0425
Eastport, Prospect Harbor, Rockland, Maine
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Label on tape: 'L 37. Fish 1 WLBZ.' // First 10 minutes of tape are transfer from 16mm film. Rest is raw video shot on location. // Lobstering and lobster boats. Boats bring in lobster catch. Interior of sardine cannery. Rows of women canning sardines. Empty cans on conveyor belt. Closeup of canning process. Filled 'Beach Cliff' sardine cans on conveyor belt. Probably at Prospect Harbor cannery. Assembly line of women canning sardines. Some workers talk about the current situation of the fishing industry. Shots of other processes at cannery. Closeup of 'Beach Cliff' can lids. Scenic coastal shots. Town Hall building. Clams piled in wooden crate. Distant shot of lobstermen hauling traps. Downtown street in unidentified town. Coastal scenes. Large fishing boat docks. Fish unloaded from boat. Exterior of 'F.J. O'Hara & Sons' building in Rockland. Shrimp being shelled and sorted. Large piles of shrimp. Sign: 'Ocean Products Inc.' in Eastport. Boat catching mussels.

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