Yorkshire - Push-Button Beef

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1734A

Date Released

30 Aug 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Tilbury - Cruising Classroom
2. 2Yorkshire - Push-Button Beef
3. 3Wembley - Progress Report
4. 4Rhino-Round-Up
5. 5Nottingham - Britain’s Oldest Tournament?
6. 6Tragedy in the Air

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Push-Button Beef. DESCRIPTION: Open grazing is becoming a thing of the past, for we’re entering the age of push-button beef, produced in scientifically controlled Feedlots. They are fully automatic and require only one farmhand to check that everything is working properly. Our pictures show one Feedlot in Yorkshire, the biggest yet built in Britain, and holding more than 500 head. SHOTLIST: Key scene. (3 shots) meat in shop window. MS bullocks in field. MS farm (2 shots). MS man fingering barley. MS cows arrive. MS cows. (4 shots) controls. MS barley. MS cows feeding. MS barley going through. MS cows. GV cows. GV farm.

Keywords

Agriculture; Animal husbandry

Locations

Yorkshire

Card file number

85003

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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