Farming on Air

Series

Series Name

Montage

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

1961

Length of issue (in feet)

480

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Beneath Your Car
2. 2Farming on Air
3. 3(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

NoS synopsis: opens with a sight of a pair of cobs ploughing a field on a Suffolk farm and then examines a wide range of mechanical machines that have replaced the horse to make Britain one of the most mechanised farming countries in the world.

Researcher Comments

This issue begins with an animation sequence showing the Dunlop symbol sweeping through the night sky and over London Bridge as night turns to dawn and then to day. The Dunlop Film Library booking number for this issue was 111/0099/5.

Keywords

Vehicles; Agriculture; Horses; Animal husbandry

Written sources

British Film Institute Sources   BNFVC's Retrospective File 05[1]
Film User   Vol.16 No.184 February 1962, p84.
Dunlop Film Library Cards

Credits:

Production Co.

Dunlop Film Unit

Sponsor

Dunlop Rubber Company