Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out takes, rushes) for story "Bad weather hits harvest" - 50/82.
Similar shots to newsreel story.
Various landscape shots. Very good shots of the latest farm machinery being demonstrated at agricultural fair, including hay making, silage machines and hay-turners.
Devon. L/S muddy farm track. M/S through gate of puddles in ruts on track. M?S puddles in farrows in field. Man's feet stepping over them. C/U puddles in farrows. M/S two farm workers surveying cut crop. C/U farm workers. L/S beaten down crop. M/S stooks of wet crop. C/U man's hands opening out stook of barley to allow it to dry. M/S farmhand watching sheep in field of flattened crop. C/U farmhand. L/S sheep grazing in field of flattened corn.
M/S two sheep in field. M/S tractor cutting corn to be used as hay. M/S two men following behind collecting corn for hay. L/S man loading hay onto cart. L/S bales of hay being loaded onto cart. L/S cart being towed off by tractor. M/S of tractor and cart going through mud. M/S driving cart load of hay to storage shed. L/S through trees, field of flattened crops, pan to hay being unloaded into storage shed. L/S men stooking corn in field. M/S men stooking corn. L/S rain on road. Cars passing. M/S bales of hay being loaded into cart.
Cataloguer's note: Good item showing method employed in the agricultural industry in the 1950s.
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