Farm Machinery Film Records: Testing and Prototypes, Part 3
- Synopsis
- This programme uses extracts from a collection of films made by the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering over a period of about ten years from 1945. The Institute had been established by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1942 with a remit to design prototype farm equipment and publish test reports of the performance of production tractors and farm machinery.
The programme includes clips taken from the film records made while testing farm machinery and prototype equipment at Askham Bryan, Yorkshire and Silsoe, Bedfordshire. They include manure spreaders and fertiliser drills, planters and crop dusters, tractors, harvesters, horticultural aids and some cultivation equipment. Some of the machines went successfully into production; others are rarities whose development was curtailed. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2007
- Year of production
- 1945-1955
- Subjects
- Agriculture; Engineering
- Keywords
- agricultural equipment; archive films; industrial archaeology; agricultural history
Credits
- Contributor
- Brian Bell
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- 9.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 62 minutes
- Year
- 2018
Production Company
- Name
National Institute of Agricultural Engineering
- http://iagre.org/secretariat
- Web
- http://iagre.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01234 750876
- Address
- The Bullock Building (Bldg 53)
University Way
Cranfield, Bedford
MK43 0GH
Distributor
- Name
Old Pond Publishing
- info@oldpond.com
- Web
- http://www.oldpond.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 238 200
- Fax
- 01473 238 201
- Address
- Dencora Business Centre
36 White House Road
Ipswich
IP1 5LT - Notes
- DVDs and books for enthusiasts in the land-based industries: farmers and smallholders, workers in the earthmoving, forestry and heavy transport occupations. Titles deal with current activities and machinery as well as the history of the industries.
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