Learning on ScreenChanging Face of Farming
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Changing Face of Farming. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show the National Ploughing Contest at Birkenhead. Also a new device to be attached to a tractor used for sowing seed crops without tilling the soil, developed by the Agricultural Research Council. SHOTLIST: MS horse pulling plough. CU ploughed field. Pan up to horse pulling plough, pan on ditto pan down to ploughed farrow. CU plough horse. GV contestants ploughing some using horses to pull ploughs and some using tractors. MCU plough pan up to ploughman. MLS tractor pulling plough. MCU tractor plough cutting a farrow. MS ditto. CU pan ditto with plough being turned. MS man fixes seed bottle onto bottle holder. MCU ditto. CU man adjusts pressure on seed bottles. CU seed bottles. CU seed being poured down tube. CU seed poured onto paper. CU seed in solution on paper. MCU man checks seed bottle and cutters on the seed planter. MLS man in sugar beet field. CU to LS seed planter away from camera. MLS seed planter at work in field. CU seed planter at work. MCU pan ditto. BS ditto.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Agriculture; Competitions; Celebrations and festivals; Science and technology
- Locations
- Birkenhead
- Card file number
- 90404
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Mould
- Camera
- Keith Medley
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 174
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