| SCIENCE AND THE EGG A look at battery chicken farming and modern egg factory run by computers. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5901 | |
| Catalog #: | 22035 | |
| Clip Number: | 22035-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 62/13 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:13 - 01:45:27 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/BIRDS: Chickens FOOD: Eggs INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc INDUSTRY: Food LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SCIENCE: Laboratory SCIENCE: Technology | |
| Description: | SCIENCE AND THE EGG A look at battery chicken farming and modern egg factory run by computers. England. C/U eggs stacked in boxes moving along on conveyor. Interior shot of battery hen house. C/U chicks in their cages showing the eggs that have been laid which are waiting to be collected. Exterior shot chicken farm where the birds are free range. C/U of man collecting eggs and placing them into tray. C/U chickens in hut. C/U farmer making notes of eggs produced. Exterior of Thornbers egg factory at Reading, Berkshire. Interior shot of laboratory technicians in lab coats measuring eggs. C/U hand holding egg and statistics being noted down. C/U of technician breaking egg over glass topped table for measuring. C/U technician weighing eggs. M/S man putting boxes of chicks onto gravity rollers. The boxes are rolled around to sex identification department. Various shots lab technicians examining chicks and throwing them into different boxes. CUs of the baby chicks. Various shots Elliot 803 Electronic Computer at work. C/U man reading information while girl types information into machine. C/U coded type being fed into tape reader. C/U data being recorded onto magnetic tape. M/S man operating another section of the computer. C/U printer in action producing computer results. We see type reading: "Breeding Research Department Egg Production Strain Test". L/S eggs in their trays being rolled down gravity rollers. A woman picks up eggs from tray using suction machine, she drops the eggs into another box. M/S chickens in hut. C/U of hen, she moves to reveal giant egg! Pathe End Titles. | |
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