News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Oil Review

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

1950

Length of issue (in feet)

966

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. (Untitled record)
• 2. Main Line Diesel Engine
• 3. Tractor Transitions

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Subtitle - ‘New designs revolutionize agricultural methods’.
BP Summary - The advantages gained by the change in tractor design whereby the farm implement is now an integral part of the tractor instead of being a separate machine.
NFA synopsis: A newly-designed tractor with a plough attachment is driven along a country road. Shot of tractor and plough attachment, being used on the land. In the old type of tractor, the peg pulling implement often broke if the implement stuck in the ground, the farmer has controls which lifts the plough out of the ground. Other advantages are that the farmer can back out and get to corners. Changing implements is shown. The tractor is shown with a mower implement cutting grass around trees. The tractor is then shown with a saw attachment and a trailor attachment. Lever shown by which the implement can be made to cut deeper if necessary. Final shots of farmers ploughing fields whilst commentary emphasises the importance of cooperation between the farmer and the engineer.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Motor vehicles

Written sources

Viewing Copy - bfi
National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.4 No.43 May 1950, p299.
British Petroleum brochures   Issue Number 1
BP Video Library   Tape database

Credits:

Sponsor

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

Production Co.

Greenpark Productions Ltd.

Producer

Humphrey Swingler

Length of story (in feet)

298

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

BP Video Library

Email

bpvl@bp.com

Web

http://www.bpvideolibrary.com

Phone

020 7928 2097

Fax

020 7928 2101

Address

c/o Metro
53 Great Suffolk Street
London SE1 0DB

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Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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