Harvesting Flax. This Valuable Plant Gives Linseed Oil, Linseed Meal, Oil Cake for Cattle, Linen, Tow, String, Etc

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

986

Date Released

2 Sep 1920

Stories in this Issue:

1. Loading Submarine Dock. The Largest in the World; Carries Three Submarines, One in Centre and One on Either Side - Used for Testing Work
2. The Pigeon National. Homers Released at Bournemouth for the Biggest Cross-Country in the Season
3. Burnham on Crouch (Essex) Yachting. Opening of Famous Small Yacht Week
4. Harvesting Flax. This Valuable Plant Gives Linseed Oil, Linseed Meal, Oil Cake for Cattle, Linen, Tow, String, Etc
5. Mayflower Tableau at Worcester. Pageant Held at Manor House, Breedons Norton - Once the Home of John Copley

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 4 / 5
Summary: United States of America? Boy scouts harvesting flax; sheaves of flax tied up; scouts tie flax into sheaves; carry same; flax plant; string made from flax fibres.
Keywords: Organisations; Agriculture; Youth
Library number GR: 4075
Length of story (in feet): 76

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'Harvesting Flax. This Valuable Plant Gives Linseed Oil, Linseed Meal, Oil Cake for Cattle, Linen, Tow, String, Etc', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 986, 2 Sep 1920. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/78056 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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