Farming On Film Three
1947-1979
Written and Narrated by Alan Stennett
Using archive motion picture film from the 1940s to the 1970s, often taken by the farmers themselves, Farming on Film III show shows farming increasing output by introducing new machinery, techniques and marketing that reduced the need for man- and horse-power in the fields and on the farms. Includes scenes from the first post war Royal Show, teaching farming techniques to 1950’s schoolboys and potato planting by hand and then on to the modernisation of the harvest, changes in livestock production and innovations in material handling.
Duration : 55min
