Cold Comfort Farm
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cold Comfort Farm. DESCRIPTION: The Bradley family farm the wilderness, a hundred and eighty miles north of Whitehorse, in the Yukon. In spite of winter temperatures as slow as seventy degrees below zero, they run a dairy and beef herd, treating the climate with the disdain of the early pioneers. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Zoom in map of Canada showing Yukon and Pelly River ranch. Aerial shot over mountain range to Pelly River. Aerial shot over Pelly River ranch. MS pan interior Bradley’s farm, guests eating meal. CU cows eating hay. MCU Bradley brother milking dow. Pan up to cats in barn. MCU farmer opens weather box and takes out thermometer. MLS farmer shaking thermometer. LS pan cows down embankment onto frozen Pelly River. Pan hay being fed to cattle. MCU bull eating hay. CU sleigh dog. CU Mrs Bradley and her son Dale watching. MS sleigh towards camera. CU Mr Bradley and his son Jardy watching. GV sleigh away from camera.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Weather; Environment; Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Animals
- Locations
- Canada; Whitehorse
- Footage sources
- National Film Board of Canada
- Card file number
- 92231
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 155
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How to cite this record
'Cold Comfort Farm', British Movietone News Issue No. 1975A, 13 Apr 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26844 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)