• Short Summary

    Item about old steam plough being used in the Hertfordshire countryside.

  • Description

    Steam plough in action, Hertfordshire.

    M/S Steam tractor. C/U Winding mechanism working two shots. C/U Cable Jockey wheel. C/U Cable extending to other end of field. L/S Plough in action being pulled along. C/U Plough going past camera. M/S Steam engine working. M/S Steam engine operator (farmer - Bill Hall) . C/U Mechanism of engine working. C/U Cable being wound onto drum. M/S Plough going past camera. C/U Mechanism working and plough stops furrowing. C/U Driver of plough (Walter Felton). C/U Plough digging up earth.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1307.02
    Media URN:
    43309
    Group:
    New pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    09/06/1952
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:02:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:02:19:00 / 01:03:21:00
    Canister:
    NP 404

Comments (1)

  1. bajamar32 says


    the ploughing engines are lion (nk 985)
    and tiger (nk989 my dad drove lion from 1926 until 1960
    I was cook boy for them for 3 years
    walter falcon drove tiger
    the man on the mole plough
    is will halls

    I am 80 years old


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