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A programme of six short films mostly from the 1950s, shot by farmers on their own farms and previously released by the East Anglian Film Archive. Most of the farms were large for their day, employing 20 or...
The third film in a series re-creating the experiences of East Anglian farmworkers before the First World War. After harvest, East Anglian men, with little prospect of employement in the winter, left their...
Contrasts farming methods filmed in 1939 by a Kent farmer with the same operations in the 1990s, showing how the processes of drilling, spraying, harrowing and harvesting have changed from the...
This documentary, which was filmed in 1973, portrays the lives of the tightly knit community of dairy farmers in the rural hill towns of New England, partcularly Western Massachusetts and Southern Vermont....
A story set during the period of the civil wars in England, telling of the commune of ‘Diggers’ set up in 1649 on St George’s Hill in Surrey under the leadership of the visionary Gerrard Winstanley....
Originally broadcast by Thames Television in 1974, this film shows a year in the life of the Yorkshire farmer Geoffrey Morton and his farm horses. Throughout the programme Morton talks about his way of life...
A 2-DVD compilation of films made at and for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, which was held in Glasgow. DVD 1: Seven films made under the direction of John Grierson to spotlight Scotland: FACE OF SCOTLAND:...
Volume One of this series, written and narrated by Alan Stennett, covers the century’s early years, with film dating back to as early as 1901. Grimsby trawlermen bringing home their catch, hats and dresses...
A collection of agricultural films from Scotland, covering different aspects of farming with classic films and farmers’ commentaries. The films are as follows: AYRSHIRE DAIRY FARMER (1967, colour), the...
A detailed two-part series charting the year on a large arable and pig rearing enterprise. The main focus is the 1300ha (3200 acre) arable operation, but the programmes also touch on the pigs and use archive...
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