Films

Details of the item << Previous   Next >>

 
   Potato Growing
   
   TR MAFF PH6/132
   Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)
   -
   -
   -
   1946
   -
   18
   Ministry of Information
   Great Britain Ltd
   -
   Film shows methods of planting potatoes largely using hand labour, horse drawn machinery and tractors to a lesser extent. Potato field, clover land, ploughed in. Manuring by hand. Autumn ploughing. Sub soiling. Seed potatoes spread out in trays for chitting. Close up of chatted potatoes. Spring ploughing. Potato ridging with row crop tractor. Three row ridger pulled by horses. Fertiliser loaded into horse drawn distributor. Also distributed by hand. Chatted seeds loaded onto horse and cart. Boxes set out on field. Women plant potatoes by hand. Horse pulled three row coverer. Tractor pulled coverer. Horse drawn roller. Horse drawn harrower. Harrowed and ploughed several times. Hand hoeing, earthed up. Horse drawn sprayer dusts for blight. Field of earlies harvesting. Men trim tops off potatoes to make a pathway to work from. Tops loaded onto cart. Spinner lifts potoatoes, picked by hand. Harrow first line done. Riddle and weighing machine moved to clear area. moves onto rest of field. man walks behind and uses pitchfork to gather potato tops. Ministry of Information Produced by Great Britain Ltd
   -
   -
   


 

 

ACCESS TO COPIES
2 items found
items per page

Potato Growing
Institution: Museum of English Rural Life
Digital, Physical or Online: Digital
Signature(s): -
Comment: -
Link: https://youtu.be/pjQJtBbEMcA
Potato Growing
Institution: Museum of English Rural Life
Digital, Physical or Online: Physical
Signature(s): -
Comment: -
Link: https://merl.reading.ac.uk/

 

LANGUAGES
1 items found
items per page

Potato Growing
Languages: English

 

GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS
1 items found
items per page

Potato Growing
Geofocus: England
Location: -,-

 

COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION
1 items found
items per page

Potato Growing
Country of production: England

 

CONTRIBUTORS

No items found.

 

CATEGORIES
1 items found
items per page

Potato Growing
Category: Commissioned film

 

PERFORMANCES
1 items found
items per page

Potato Growing
Performance: Meetings of organisations and institutions

 

KEYWORDS
1 items found
items per page

Potato Growing
Keyword: Arable farming



© The content of this website is partially protected by copyright and is provided for personal, private use only. For individual images, please contact the relevant institution.

Done!