Auto-Tractor

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2089A
Date Released
19 Jun 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Auto-Tractor. DESCRIPTION: The latest in farm mechanisation - a tractor that drives itself round the field. Guided by a network of buried cables, it can do all the normal farm jobs entirely on its own. SHOTLIST: CU tractor steering wheel. GV automatic tractor moving across field at Massey Fergusons Training Centre in Stoneleigh. CU steering wheel of tractor turns by remote control. MLS tractor turns and lowers harrowing gear to ground. CU control box on edge of field pan up to tractor moving along other side of field. CU control box on tractor. MS control box on field with tractor moving in background. MS man walks towards tractor. MS man adjusts control. MS tractor moves off. CU control box. MS view from back of tractor. Trucking shot man walks towards tractor. MS tractor towards man. MS tractor stops by man walking into safety wire on front of tractor. CU steering wheel. LAS tractor. MLS tractor.
Keywords
Vehicles; Agriculture; Science and technology
Locations
United Kingdom
Card file number
94849
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Auto-Tractor', British Movietone News Issue No. 2089A, 19 Jun 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27898 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)