Talking Turkey

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1853A
Date Released
10 Dec 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Turkeys. DESCRIPTION: More than half a million turkey chicks are hatched out every year at the largest turkey farm in Britain. At a farm in Middle Wallop in Hampshire they house a processing plant which handles around two thousand birds a day. The two brothers who run the whole thing have been quietly engineering something of a revolution in our eating habits. The big breakthrough is to provide turkey meals ready cooked for the table. SHOTLIST: Pictures show turkey chicks and full grown turkeys. Girl cleaning them out. Girls packing and weighing turkeys. Girl dipping turkeys into hot water. Woman carving turkeys. Canning machine. Girls packing cans. Tinned turkey. Chef slicing turkey roll. Chef slicing turkey.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Agriculture; Celebrations and festivals; Birds; Animal husbandry
Locations
Hampshire
Card file number
89128
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Talking Turkey', British Movietone News Issue No. 1853A, 10 Dec 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25786 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)