STK-ID 35308

Several shots from different angles at a fair inside Waterloo arena of an old woman cutting up strawberries, of a strawberry stand with large bowls of hulled fruits, of women selling strawberry pies to crowd moving about, of women preparing more fruits and pies. Several outside shots from different angles of John Brubaker and his wife (Mennonites of the new order) at a candy stand, of them walking in crowd, of men cooking chicken wings and legs on serial of charcoat stoves, of men changing sides of grills for the cooking, of women in stand selling chicken, of large crowd, people meeting, talking together, of an outside auction sale, of three Mennonite women eating, passing from a stand to another, of Amish women at chicken stand, of a group of young people seated on the ground under a tree, of an old couple walking hand in hand. Various exterior winter shots of ground stack covered with snow. PANs and ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT on large farmhouse. Cut to rural road of a buggy, pulled by a horse being passed by cars, two Mennonites warmly dressed visible in buggy white sky and snow all around. MS of farm buildings with PAN and ZOOM IN MS on farmhouse.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Waterloo Farmers
Location
Waterloo
Year
1975
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 16 mm
Shooting format
16mm eastman color neg
Aspect ratio
4/3