Movietone News & Sports Pageant - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Cotton-Picking is Revolutionised

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
493
Date Released
14 Nov 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone News & Sports Pageant - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Automatic Cotton Picker. DESCRIPTION: Mechanical cotton picking in America. SHOTLIST: In the cotton picking part of America, the new machine that picks and bags the cotton is likely to cause a great change in the life of the darkie cotton workers. The machine moves backwards and forwards through the white flowers sucking them into a large container.
Keywords
Ethnic groups; Agriculture; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
34654
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
20
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone News & Sports Pageant - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Cotton-Picking is Revolutionised', British Movietone News Issue No. 493, 14 Nov 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9409 (Accessed 16 Jul 2025)