| DREAMS COME TRUE The Gregory family run a farm which is part of the Land Settlement Association's estate. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7180 |
| Catalog #: | 501607 | |
| Clip Number: | 501607-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 3 | |
| Timecode: | 01:01:59 - 01:05:41 | |
| Location: | Abingdon, Cambridgeshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1944 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Cambridgeshire SOCIAL SERVICES: Misc | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 3530 DREAMS COME TRUE The Gregory family run a farm which is part of the Land Settlement Association's estate. Abingdon, Cambridgeshire. Various shots of a large family - the Gregorys - having their tea together. We see them leaving the house, the girls wear headscarves and dungarees. They are a family of farmers. Narration explains that the Gregorys have what we all dream of: a home, a bit of land, peace and happiness among our loved ones. The Gregorys have found their way out of the pre-war depression by acquiring this farm. It is on an estate run by the Land Settlement Association - set up to give people like the Gregorys the right kind of start. Various shots of work on the farm. Mrs Gregory milks a goat and Mr Gregory feeds the pigs. Feeding hens and geese. The girls - Brenda, Olive and Betty - work in a large greenhouse. They pick tomatoes. Glass cloches are used to encourage tomato plants to grow - we see Mr and Mrs Gregory at work amongst their plants. Reaping machine is used to cut corn - these machines can be hired from the estate. Various nice shots of the family at work gathering the cut crop. Man from the Association comes to visit Mr Gregory - C/Us of the two men discussing Mr Gregory's accounts and the fact that he has had a good year. C/U of Mr and Mrs Gregory looking very proud of their labours. Narrator mentions that returning soldiers would do well to remember the Gregorys. | |
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