| ROBOT PLOUGH A new automatic ploughing machine is demonstrated. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6747 |
| Catalog #: | 432687 | |
| Clip Number: | 432687-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 155 | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:57 - 01:05:26 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Equipment LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | ROBOT PLOUGH A new automatic ploughing machine is demonstrated. United Kingdom MS Farmer cranks up machine, flips a switch, and steps back; machine starts moving on its own. MLS farmer sits down on the ground and watches while the robot plough slowly but surely heads away across field. Robot plough moving to rt. Suddenly it stops and then goes back whence it came- -for no apparent reason. (Later titles and shots reveal that the plough, which moves along via cables and a friction drum, is moving back and forth between "anchors" at each end of section to be ploughed; when it reaches the end, it reverses and moves over to plow another furrow.) Closer shot of the machine passing, plowing a single furrow. Shot of machine approaching end anchor. CU part of end anchor- - spring coiled around the cable; plough runs into this and stops, more cable comes out of plow, then it reverses and moves away. Back to preceding view: the robot plough moving away. | |
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