This is a film of the Osbaldwick Applefest, a family friendly event to help pick apples and press them into apple cider in the small village just east of York. Title – Osbaldwick Applefest 2019 The film opens with a shot of apples in a crate followed by footage the orchard. Men, women, and children from the town start to pick and collect the apples. Some men and women use ladders to reach the trees. Participants separate the apples into different crates and wheelbarrows. Once full the...

This is a film of the Osbaldwick Applefest, a family friendly event to help pick apples and press them into apple cider in the small village just east of York. Title – Osbaldwick Applefest 2019 The film opens with a shot of apples in a crate followed by footage the orchard. Men, women, and children from the town start to pick and collect the apples. Some men and women use ladders to reach the trees. Participants separate the apples into different crates and wheelbarrows. Once full the boxes and wheelbarrows are transported to a volunteer’s house or possibly part of a village hall. People clean and cut the apples at tables set up near the house. Back at the orchard, the apple picking continues, and another batch is transported back. A woman makes balloon animals for some of the children at the event. A man shows a boy how to make a balloon animal himself. At the end of the day a mean is laid out for participants. People serve themselves from the long table filled with food, and others can be seen seated at small tales in the garden. The apple cleaning and cutting continues. Children help to fill a vat with apples, likely to be processed for cider. A man then operates a cider press. He explains how to use a ratchet to operate the press, and buckets of cider are produced. The apple waste is loaded into a wheelbarrow, and a woman and young girl wheel the waste back out to the orchard to be used as compost. Meanwhile, the cider is being bottled up, each bottle numbered. The film continues to show more of the process, other participants taking turns on the cider press. I’'s been an all-day event, the clock showing almost 6pm as night falls and while the cider continues to be bottled. Others use a hose to help clean out the equipment when everything has been finished. End Credits: Thanks to Julian Gray and the team of volunteers in the making of this film. Music – bensound Relaxing. Ukulele November. Camera David Simpson dce productions