Market Day

Series

Series Name

Looking At Britain

Issue

Issue No.

17

Date Released

1961

Completion

Mar 1961

Length of issue (in feet)

420

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Market Day

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Market Day at the small country town of Buckingham, in the English midlands, seen through the eyes of a local farmer, Tom Lines and his wife, as they pay their weekly visit. While the general stalls are being erected, the first loads of animals arrive for auction, to be examined and graded later by a government inspector. Mr Lines spends the day watching the auction, where some of his cattle are up for sale, and meeting other farmers. His wife makes her tour of the shops and stalls an exchanges gossip with other farmers’ wives. Finally the cattle are sold for a good price and market day ends for the Lines’ with a visit to the local farm equipment store.

Keywords

Agriculture; Business and commerce

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /840. Used for synopsis.
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   1964-65, p 16.

COI Reference

MI 920/17

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Colonial Office

Producer

Gerald Cookson

Director

Gerald Cookson

Camera

John Prestwick

Production Co.

Kinocrat Films Ltd

Director

Odran Walsh

Commentator

Roger Wesson

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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