Farm Robot

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1542A

Date Released

25 Dec 1958

Date submitted

10 Dec 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Off on Holiday
2. 2President De Gaulle
3. 3Atlas in Orbit
4. 4More Rocket Protests
5. 5Rough on the Ref
6. 6Last of the Many
7. 7Any Old Iron
8. 8Farm Robot
9. 9A Really White Christmas
10. *Greetings Card

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farm Robot. DESCRIPTION: Industry knows all about automation, so why shouldn’t farming! A robot tractor, in a demonstration, was seen at Reading. It’s throwing off bales of hay at predetermined intervals and it works with no human control whatsoever. And it can read traffic lights! SHOTLIST: BS tractor on move without driver. 2 shots inventors of tractor. MS bales of hay loaded onto trailer. SCU tractor on move. LS releases bales of hay on predetermined spots. Closer same. BS tractor approaches gates. MS traffic lights. BS tractor approaches lights and comes to halt. LS tractor with trailer. GS tractor passes gate. MS tractor approaches the engineers. BS tractor approaches the engineers and comes to halt. SCU cow looks on.

Keywords

Vehicles; Agriculture; Animals; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

England; Reading; Berkshire

Card file number

75755

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Camera

Len Waldorf

Length of story (in feet)

81

Story extras:

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