• Short Summary

    Footage of turf drying machine in use on the Oval in Kennington, London.

  • Description

    Turf drier at the Oval in Kennington, London.

    L/S Camera pans from gas holder to man examining turf which is covered in water. C/U Man splashing water with his foot. M/S Man who now beckons. L/S Men wheeling on turf driers. Several shots of the man using rolling machines to take the water off the surface of the cricket pitch. The water is tipped into large container when full.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1377.22
    Media URN:
    45082
    Group:
    New pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    29/11/1954
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:48:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:37:59:00 / 01:39:47:00
    Canister:
    NP 533

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