To Grow on Stony Ground

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1924A
Date Released
21 Apr 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: To Grow on Stony Ground. DESCRIPTION: A useful device for replacing the lost fertility and re-seeding the barren acres, is the first all - British Hydraulic Feeder to go into production. With this new machine it is possible to spread a carpet of seed mixture in all sorts of inaccessible places. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. GV pan derelict countryside. GV bulldozer at work. GV pan slag heaps. MS lorry used for re-seeding land pan to land to be re-seeded. CU name VEB Landscape Reclamation Ltd. MS man pours seeds into machine. CU ditto. MS fertiliser put into machine. CU ditto. MS man puts water pipe into river. MLS man climbs onto reseeding lorry. MS man turns nozzle towards land to be reseeded. CU man switches on machine. CU seed mixture squirted over land. MS ditto. CU operator. GV mixture sprayed over land. MS ditto. GV ditto.
Keywords
Agriculture; Science and technology
Locations
England; South Mimms
Card file number
91021
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'To Grow on Stony Ground', British Movietone News Issue No. 1924A, 21 Apr 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26408 (Accessed 07 May 2025)