 Farming on Film 3 (1947 - 79)
This production uses archive motion picture film from the 1940s to the 1970s, often taken by the farmers themselves, to show how farming responded to that call by introducing new machinery, techniques and marketing that reduced the need for man- and horse-power in the fields and on the farms. DVD090
 Farming on Film I (1930-60)
Using previously unseen archive film shot between 1930 and 1960, this video records the change from the days of the horse-drawn binder and the steam threshing set, through the early tractor years to the all-consuming trailed and self propelled combines. DVD002
 Farming on Film II (1955-79)
Second in the series of award winning bygone farming video compilations which uses archive film shot on real farms by farmers and their employees. Scenes of horse and tractor drilling, corn binding and carting, threshing, stack building plus much more. DVD003
 A Downland Farm in the Fifties
A fascinating new archive video showing life on a Sussex Farm at a time of significant change. More than 30 men were employed at harvest, with a range of machinery including several tractors, binders, reapers, a threshing set and a flax puller seen at work. Stacks were made and thatched by hand, with the aid of a boom and grab to lift the hay from the carts. DVD082
 Fenland Farming 1955 - A Farming Year
A whole farming year caught on film in 1955. Shows the transition from horse to tractor with scenes of binding, stooking, threshing, stacking and thatching - all now lost from our countryside. Also includes the potato harvest, horse drawn carts and a range of vintage tractors plus lots more. DVD001
 A Farm in War and Peace
This video uses archive film of Prisoners of War at work, the critical harvest, vintage machinery and shows the changes that took place in the 1950s and 60s as the farm, situated inside the walls of a 12th century castle, moved from wartime controls to become a modern day operation. DVD071
 David Brown Tractors on Film
This video uses original archive film footage to trace the history of David Brown Tractors, from the original VAK-1, right up to and including the 1410 and 1412 machines. Part one in the David Brown on Film series. DVD056
 David Brown Implements on Film
This video uses original DB archive film footage to show a range of implements including ploughs, cultivation, crop handing, trailers, hammer mills, forage harvesters, etc. Part 2 in the DB on Film series. DVD068
 David Brown Overseas
David Brown exported tractors and farm machinery all over the world, from the frozen mountains of Scandinavia to the tropical forests of Africa, and the company's film crews followed the tractors wherever they went. DVD079
 Bomber County - The Home Front
In spite of the difficulties and wartime shortages, local film-makers managed to produce a detailed record of this dramatic period. This video covers the period from the last desperate months of peace, right through to the Victory celebrations of 1945. Includes RAF Lancaster and bomber bases, incendiary bomb exercises, War Weapons Week and aluminium collection for Spitfires, plus much more. DVD021
 Take Post - TA Gunners
Archive film of 440 Light RA (TA) Regiment's life up to and including disbandment in 1967. Features extensive gun firing, radar and mobile exercises in Norfolk, Wales, Cromer, etc. DVD022
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