Rural Life 2: Victorian Farming

Synopsis: Mechanical innovations in Victorian agriculture spread unevenly and slowly in a time when manual labour was still plentiful and cheap. Follows the grain harvest, examining the changes and their effects on farming and rural life. Filmed at Acton Scott Working Farm Museum in Shropshire, and at Steppingley in Bedfordshire.
Series: Arts Foundation Course, An: Course A102
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Agriculture; Sociology
Keywords: England; rural communities; Victorian life

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