On The Land Ploughing

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

100

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Down at the bottom of the furrow there’s a problem... packed-down soil, and a danger of flooding. The cause, the weight of the tractor wheel in the furrow when ploughing. Automatic steering means the tractor driver can keep his machine on the straight-and-narrow... and, out of the furrow; all "hands-off".

Researcher Comments

NB: The same story ran in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 97’

Keywords

Vehicles; Agriculture; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/100

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Fred Goodland
Presenter: Howard Williams

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: British Film Institute (BFI)
Email: For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web: http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone: 020 7255 1444
Fax: 020 7580 7503
Address: 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
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).
Series held: View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)

Record Stats