Cockle Women (1948)

Penclaudd near Swansea, Wales. Various shots of women riding on on flat pony carts and donkeys out to the sands in the early morning to collect cockles. They are all bundled up in heavy clothing and headscarves it looks very cold and grey. Several shots of women raking the cockles into sieves and putting them into sacks and pots. One woman, wearing about 50 layers of clothing, flaps her arms about her middle to keep warm. Nice shots of bags of cockles on the pony carts while the women work nearby. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (193419