How to Plough a Farm in One Day

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1949A
Date Released
13 Oct 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: How to Plough a Farm in One Day. DESCRIPTION: Young farmers in Bedfordshire take part in non-stop ploughing demonstration and plough 250 acres in less than 24 hours. SHOTLIST: LS ploughing started on Roschill Farm, Shillington. MS men watching. Pan as plough goes across field. BS men watching. MS David Brown tractor ploughing. GV ditto. MS men watching. GV plough reversed on David Brown tractor. MS tractor being refuelled. CU man pumping petrol into tractor. CU tractor being refuelled. LS Track Marshall at work in field. MCU man at controls of Track Marshall. CU pan as plough passes turning ground. MS tractor passes at night. MS ditto. MS pan ditto. Zoom in Track Marshall at work. MCU ditto. GV ditto.
Keywords
Agriculture; Competitions
Locations
England; Shillington
Card file number
91650
Credits:
Commentator
Huw Thomas
Camera
John Mould
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
Film clip

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'How to Plough a Farm in One Day', British Movietone News Issue No. 1949A, 13 Oct 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26619 (Accessed 18 Jul 2025)