Crown of the Year, The

Synopsis: Four wartime farming films showing the four seasons in 1941 and 1942. The first part shows winter on Upton Manor Farm, Uploders, Dorset. The second part shows spring sowing and rolling on a farm at Ross-on-Wye. The third part shows summer on farms in Lancashire and Cheshire and covers haymaking and the beginning of harvesting to supply Manchester and other local towns with green vegetables potatoes, fruit and milk. The fourth part visits George Hodge’s East Norfolk farm for the grain harvest and lifting of the bulk of the root crops. The harvest festival is followed by the ploughing of the stubble fields and the farmers make plans for the new year’s crops.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2003
Year of production: 1941-1942
Subjects: Agriculture
Keywords: farming; agricultural history

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