New Irrigation Machine

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2263
Date Released
16 Oct 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Irrigation Machine. DESCRIPTION: A new irrigation machine at Reading. How it works and an indication of its potential, especially in desert and arid areas. SHOTLIST: GV pan along irrigator in field. SV man switching on generator. SV as he walks over and opens Ranger 7 control box. CU as he switches on. SCU adjusting dials. GV man watching irrigator working. CU pivot of irrigator. SV water sprinkling from irrigator. SV wheels of irrigator arm slowly moving round. SV water spraying from irrigator. SCU water jet valve spinning on top of irrigator arm. GV irrigator working. SCU water jet valve spinning. SCU wheel moving slowly. GV irrigator. CU end of irrigator arm. SV ditto. Zoom back and pan to GV irrigator.
Keywords
Agriculture; Science and technology
Locations
Reading
Card file number
98516
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Irrigation Machine', British Movietone News Issue No. 2263, 16 Oct 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29602 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)