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On The Land Ploughing

Series

Series Name
Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.
100
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mobile Environment
  2. 2On The Land Ploughing
  3. 3Air Slot Heating
  4. 4Dynascope

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
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