Spring Daffs - 1975 | The Archivist Presents | #390

Daffodils are everywhere in the UK right now, a sign that spring has sprung! Here’s a lovely colour newsreel item about the daffodil harvest in 1975. The recent mild weather has made the daffodils flower early in the Scilly Isles. For the Islanders it means hard work to pick the flowers before they bloom and rush them to markets on the mainland. GV ship in St. Mary’s Harbour. GV ditto, MS Scillonian. GV St. Mary’s. GV daffodils blowing in wind in field. GV field of daffodils (not in bloom). SV pickers in field. CU picker at work. CU picked flowers in boxes on trailer. CU picker at work. SV pickers putting picked flowers into boxes. SV ladies in workshop bunching up flowers & boxing. CU bunching. CU bunching & boxing. SV flowers being put in cardboard boxes for export. CU flowers in box (blooming). SV lid being put on box. GV boxes being loaded onto helicopter. LV helicopter taking off. Aerial of Scillies. GV pan field of blooming daffodils. CU pan up ditto. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive. Story number is: BM75-40 Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: