News in Brief: Holland, Floating Corn Storage.
News in Brief: Holland, Floating Corn Storage.
Clip: 351721_1_1
Year Shot: 1952
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1571
Original Film: 025-528-05
HD: N/A
Location: Holland
Timecode: 03:35:08 - 03:36:08
News in Brief: Holland, Floating Corn Storage. Where to store a vast supply of corn while new warehouses are being built? Why in canal boats, that's where. Dutch housewives go about their household chores, atop millions of bushels of precious grain in novel storehouse at sea. Various shots of the unusual habitat, with a milkman carrying bottles, women hanging laundry out to dry on clothesline, and men tending the corn - including checks of the temperature to guard against spontaneous combustion! Granary.