Talking Turkey

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1853A

Date Released

10 Dec 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Turkeys. DESCRIPTION: More than half a million turkey chicks are hatched out every year at the largest turkey farm in Britain. At a farm in Middle Wallop in Hampshire they house a processing plant which handles around two thousand birds a day. The two brothers who run the whole thing have been quietly engineering something of a revolution in our eating habits. The big breakthrough is to provide turkey meals ready cooked for the table. SHOTLIST: Pictures show turkey chicks and full grown turkeys. Girl cleaning them out. Girls packing and weighing turkeys. Girl dipping turkeys into hot water. Woman carving turkeys. Canning machine. Girls packing cans. Tinned turkey. Chef slicing turkey roll. Chef slicing turkey.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Agriculture; Celebrations and festivals; Birds; Animal husbandry

Locations

Hampshire

Card file number

89128

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

158

Story extras:

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