Focus on Farming

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1850A
Date Released
19 Nov 1964
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Go Slow
  2. 2RAF Goes over the Top
  3. 3Motocross - Muddy Awful
  4. 4Focus on Farming
  5. 5California - Roads into Rivers

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Focus on Farming. DESCRIPTION: Mr Harvey Fisher and Major Christopher Perkins started their mobile secretarial service to give the farmer more time away from his desk. Based at Wylye in Wiltshire the service employs seven fully trained secretaries, who visit an average of two farms a day. Northwards, to the sheep farm of Mr William Wilson near Brampton in the Cumberland Fells. Mr Wilson spent two years experimenting and the result is a coat in hessian-type material for his sheep. SHOTLIST: Mr Harvey Fisher and Major Christopher Perkins run a Farmers Secretarial Service to help farmers cope with their office work. The service employs seven fully trained secretaries who each visit an average of two farms a day. MS farmer and wife walk across yard. Back view of same. MS girls in office having farms pointed out on map. CU girl. CU office manager’s finger pointing out farm. Girls leave office in mini-vans. MS girl on way to farm. MS pan girl arrives at farm. CU farmer. CU girl. CU farmer and MS farmer and girl. CU farmer’s hand putting mail into tray. Ms pan herd of cows to farmer and girl. CU farmer and girl. CU cow. CU girl with dairyman. CU dairyman. MLS girl with two dairymen. Shot of sheep. MS farmer and dog entering sheep pen. MS farmer fitting coat on sheep. Sheep with coat on - farmer stitching it on. Sheep is released and runs back to flock. MS flock of sheep. CU farmer inspects fleece on sheep. MS same.
Keywords
Agriculture; Animal husbandry
Locations
Wiltshire; Brampton; Wyle; Cumberland Fells
Card file number
89001
Credits:
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
218
Story extras:
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