Fattening Factory

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1718A

Date Released

10 May 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fattening Factory. DESCRIPTION: There’s a model farm not far from Montreal, where cattle are fattened before being sent for slaughter. The set-up is rather like a super-factory, no old-fashioned haylofts. Instead, air-tight silos are used for storing fodder. The whole place is push-button-operated, especially the feeding arrangements. Diets are scientifically controlled according to the stage reached in the fattening process. When the beasts arrive, they weigh something under 800 lbs. When they leave, more often than not they tip the scale at 1,500! SHOTLIST: Key scene. TS cattle entering pens. GV cattle and huge silos in background. MS panning shots of silos. LS man pushing buttons. CU finger pushing button (these buttons are for the feeding arrangements of the cattle). MS grain coming out of pipe. MS same. MS man operating machinery. TS grain coming out of pipe. MS grain moving along. MS food enters pipe. TS panning shot of cattle in pens. MS cows eating. MS same. MS man preparing injection against travel sickness. MS cows in pens walking towards camera. MCU man. LS men open gate and send one cow through at a time. (2 shots) of cows standing around. GV establishing shot of cattle fattening farm.

Keywords

Agriculture; Animal husbandry

Locations

Montreal; Canada

Footage sources

Canada

Card file number

84329

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

129

Story extras:

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