| POTATO PLANTER New agricultural machine to speed up potato planting in Kent. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5023 |
| Catalog #: | 111329 | |
| Clip Number: | 111329-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/23 | |
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| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Misc | |
| Description: | HIGH-SPEED POTATO PLANTER New agricultural machine to speed up potato planting in Kent. Kent. M/S agricultural machine carrying four workers, as it goes away from camera the workers drop potatoes into earth. M/S farm workers putting the seed potatoes into the machine. C/U ditto. C/U plates turning earth over the potatoes. L/S new, smaller planting machine - the Ford Automatic Potato Planter - coming through field. Panning shot ditto. C/U as boy tips seed potatoes into hopper. C/U ditto. C/U as potatoes are tipped onto conveyor. C/U as conveyor takes them to back of machine and lays them in the earth. C/U as the potatoes go into the earth and are covered by plates. C/U plates turning the earth over the potatoes. Panning shot new machine going through field. | |
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