Harvest Story (1948)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear.



Cuts from newsreel story 48/68 - harvest story - West Stoke in Chichester, West Sussex.



M/S of tractor coming out of farmyard pulling float with men sitting on it, followed by two more tractors and two cart horses. Shots of cows in a field. M/S of men pitching sheaves of wheat onto a wagon. Wheat on elevator and falling off top onto newly-built haystack. Men putting wheat into position.



M/S of horse and wagon leaving field, piled with grain. M/S of tractor pulling load of sacked wheat, followed by horse pulling wagon full of hay. M/S pan sheaves of wheat being unloaded.



Several shots of combine harvester at work (natural sound). Back view of tractor with man driving it. Tractor pulling combine harvester. Men pick up bags of wheat which drop out of harvester and put them on truck. Workmen leaving farm at end of day.
FILM ID:2467.03

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