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Schoolboys Own Farm

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1746
Date Released
19 Nov 1962
Date submitted
5 Nov 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1India - US Arms Airlift
  2. 2Schoolboys Own Farm
  3. 3Mudlarks!
  4. 4One of the Family
  5. 5Christmas is Coming

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Schoolboy Farmers. DESCRIPTION: Boys at Harrow Public School are taking part in a rather enterprising out of school activity, they’re lending a hand with running the school’s own farm. Under the eye of the farm manager, they learn to tackle a host of farmyard jobs in addition to ordinary lessons. All told, about 200 volunteers, working on a rota system, spend their spare time on the farm. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS SCHOOLBOYS from Harrow. MS same walk into field. CU teacher. MS boys grouped around a tractor. MCU teacher explaining tractor workings. CU students looking on MS (2 shots) student driving tractor. MS (3 shots) student moves hay by means of tractor. CU (2 shots) students lifting hay. MS herding cattle. CU student (2 shots) preparations for milking cow. CU student. CU milk container. MS feeding time for pigs (2 shots) feeding pigs. MS group of students.
Keywords
Education and training; Agriculture; Youth
Locations
Harrow; Middlesex
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
85478
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:

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