| HARVEST TIME (Wheat harvest) Educational film about harvesting wheat. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6574 |
| Catalog #: | 488479 | |
| Clip Number: | 488479-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:47:43 - 01:52:59 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Grain, Wheat FARMING: Harvest LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Same as catalog #105147 HARVEST TIME (Wheat harvest) Educational film about harvesting wheat. Camera pans over a landscape of fields. Field of wheat in the foreground. Two men walk in a field, one has a large scythe. C/U of the man sharpening his scythe. "Opening the ways." He chops the crop down. C/U of the scythe cutting through the crop of wheat. "The binder at Work." The binder is shown in operation. A machine pulled by a tractor chops and binds the crop then throws it to the side. Combine harvester. "The sheaves are set up to dry." Men stack the sheaves to dry. They stand them upright balancing against each other. "The harvest comes home." The sheaves are lifted on to the back of a cart with a pitchfork. C/U of the horse which pulls the cart. Using an elevator, the sheaves are lifted on to the top of a haystack where men arrange them appropriately. The stacks are house-shaped. The men leave the stacks, walking along with their tools over their shoulders. | |
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