Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Accent on Farming

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
899A
Date Released
29 Aug 1946
Date submitted
27 Aug 1946
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Accent on Farming. DESCRIPTION: HARVEST GATHERED IN ENGLAND - Despite the recent damage done to crops by the weather, the harvest is well under way. Modern machinery is being used to speed up the gathering of this important harvest. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Combine harvester machine at work. Several shots of same at work gathering barley, separating ears from hay. Bagging barley, compressing hay together. Dropping same in blocks about fields. Bags of barley lying about field. Boys stacking hay on ricks.
Keywords
Agriculture
Card file number
47388
Credits:
Camera
Eddie Smales
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Accent on Farming', British Movietone News Issue No. 899A, 29 Aug 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14004 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)