| A BOON TO THE WEST A look at the student farmers and the fine specimens of stock at Athenry Agricultural School. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5255 |
| Catalog #: | 99990 | |
| Clip Number: | 99990-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1084 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:35 - 01:48:58 | |
| Location: | Ireland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Vocational (Trade) FARMING: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Ireland (Eire) | |
| Description: | A BOON TO THE WEST. Young farmers in the making at Athenry Agricultural School Ireland. M/S of a group of young men standing outside a house, one looks through a telescope while the others write in notebooks, their teacher watches. C/U of the teacher showing a young man how to focus the telescope. M/S of another teacher showing a group of boys some ivy growing up a wall, some of the boys take notes. "Some excellent specimens of stock raised at the School". M/S of several boys holding the reigns of sturdy farm horses, they are standing in a courtyard beside some stables, a teacher stands in front and gives a lecture, pan to show a group of younger boys listening. C/U of a chestnut farm horse, one of the boys and the teacher are inspecting the animal. M/S of boys leading large bulls past the stables. M/S of portly pigs in their muddy field, some eat from a metal trough. M/S of bullocks outside a barn. M/S of sheep being herded through a field. C/U of a group of sheep. | |
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