Audio Visual - Aids To Farming

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

520

Date Released

1976

Filmed

Jun 1976

Length of issue (in feet)

196

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Audio Visual - Aids To Farming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: The constant improvement in farming techniques require corresponding improvement in the means of communicating each new advance. Farmers and agricultural extension officers can now obtain a visual aid to suit their precise needs. In what looks like a briefcase, but which opens up like a television set, two British agricultural experts have devised the means to show programmes researched at the special request of the responsible people on the spot. In Africa, this means a programme advising not just a general area, but dealing with a particular place and particular crop. And extension officers and farmers can hear the commentary in the language of their choice.

Researcher Comments

Features Gerry Clarke and Michael Slater of AgriVisual. NB: Information drawn from the Ghanaian version.

Keywords

Mass media; Agriculture

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/520

Credits:

Presenter

Alex Tetteh-Lartey

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Director

Ferdinand Fairfax

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Support services

Janice Willett / Kay

Producer

Janice Willett / Kay

Producer

Patrick Brawn

Cutter

R.I. Phillips

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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