The Automated Carrot

Series

Series Name: London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1968

Filmed

Jun 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

504

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: The answer to a harvester’s prayer. One machine that can get every variety of crop - from carrots to Xmas trees - neatly out of the ground, instead of one new machine for each new crop.

Researcher Comments

Features the Universal Vegetable Harvester invented by scientists at the National Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Bedfordshire.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1394/38

Credits:

Producer: Adam Leys
Editor: Adam Leys
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Commonwealth Affairs Office
Sponsor: Foreign Office
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Presenter: Michael Smee
Camera: Peter Theirry
Sound: Phil Jay
Director: Robert Morgan

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