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Archive Farming Videos
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

Farming on Film 1 (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 2 (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

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

A Farm in War and Peace
This video uses archive film of PoWs 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 dairy operation.
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Fenland Farming 1955
A Farming Year Shows the transition from horse to tractor with scenes of binding, stooking, threshing, stacking and thatching, the potato harvest, horse drawn carts and a range of vintage tractors plus much more. A whole farming year caught on film in 1955. DVD001

A Farmer Called Wink
Wink is one of a breed that is fast dying out, along with the dialect he uses which he describes as broad and rough. This video is a fascinating piece of social history as well as an entertaining look at life through the eyes of a farmer called Wink. DVD078
Horse Steam and Tractor Ploughing
British and World Ploughing 2000
A historic gathering of vintage and modern tractors, horses and steam engines. This official video captures all the sights and sounds of this event and features action from both the British and World Ploughing tournament and much more. DVD008

Power of the Plough
Ploughing has been man's preferred way of cultivating the land for thousands of years. Every year, the town of Epworth celebrates this history with the 'Festival of the Plough' which attracts ploughmen and enthusiasts from all over the UK. DVD007

David Brown Tractors

David Brown Tractors on Film
This video uses original David Brown footage to trace the history of their tractors from the original VAK-1, designed in the 1930s, right up to the 1410 and 1412 machines, the last to be built to David Brown specification. DVD056

David Brown Implements on Film
Part two in the series. This video goes back to the original David Brown films and identifies many of the tools at work, including the conventional 3-furrow plough and the unconventional 2-way plough, many cultivation and crop handling machines and a variety of specialist devices. 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. Tractors and implements from the 40s to 70s can be seen at work in everything from dusty desert roads to swapy paddy fields. DVD079

David Brown - A Very British Tractor
Using vintage rally and working day material, interviews with David Brown owners and Club Members, and archive film footage from the 1940s onwards, this video features a wide range of David Brown tractors and machinery. DVD012

Caterpillar Crawlers

Caterpillar At Work
A special opportunity to see working demonstrations of a full range of classic Caterpillar tractors. Includes little D2s and massive D8s at work ploughing, cultivating and mole draining, plus older machines from the earliest days of the Company. DVD020

Caterpillars in the Quarry
A selection of antique Caterpillar tractors and equipment working in a stone quarry, side by side with much larger and newer Caterpillar machinery. Includes excavators, massive off-highway trucks, and huge wheeled loaders that can load a 100 tonne truck in 60 seconds. DVD070

Working Crawlers
The Antique Caterpiller Machinery Owner Clubs of Great Britain. Members brought along Track-Marshalls, Allis-Chalmers, International Harvesters, a rare David Brown 30, and they put them all to work alongside the Caterpillars, allowing the visitors to compare and contrast the different machines. DVD019

Moving the Earth
Andrew Beaulah's Vintage Working Day is one of the most important crawler events held in the UK. Includes bulldozers, excavators, scraper buckets, rippers and ploughs. DVD004

Tractors and Machinery

Beet Lifting Through The Ages
Sugar beet harvesting has changed dramatically over the near-century that the crop has been grown in Britain, and this production records those changes. It was once one of the worst jobs on the farm. The roots had to be pulled up by hand, knocked together to remove as much soil as possible, topped with a large knife and thrown into a horse-drawn cart. All done in autumn and winter conditions that could include hard, dry ground, thick mud, snow or driving rain. DVD092

1930 World Tractor Trials Thirty six machines took part in the 1930 Tractor Trials with eight British entrants. This film uses original photographs, archive film of the actual occasion and a gathering of similar machines brought together to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of this event. DVD088

King of Vintage Combines
Ron Knight repairs them, restores them, operates them and is a source of knowledge and inspiration to everybody else who is interested in vintage harvesting machinery. Archive film and photographs help to tell the story of harvesting in the UK. DVD087

Oliver Hart-Parr & Minneapolis Moline
American-built tractors have a special attraction for British enthusiasts. They tend to be rarer than home-produced models, and they often came here in times of national crisis such as the two World Wars. The tractos in this production were filmed over two consecutive Carrington Rallies in Lincolnshire.... DVD085

Newark Tractor Spectacular
The County showground at Newark has seen some of the biggest vintage tractor shows of recent years. Ford 500 and Tractor 2000 were both held there, and the 2004 Newark Tractor and Agricultural Heritage Spectacular maintained that tradition. DVD080

Claytons & Combines
A unique gathering of vintage crawlers, tractors and harvesting machinery from a bygone era. The highlight of this video is the sight and sound of almost every working Clayton crawler tractor in the country hard at work. The Little Casterton event is famous for it's harvesting machines. DVD069

Ferguson in the Dales
Dead Man's Hill, a 1-in-3 rock-strewn dirt road, is a challenge for any vehicle, but for 30 vintage Fergusons and other makes had to tackle the climb as part of a unique road run in the splendid scenery of the Yorkshire Dales. DVD013

Tractor in the Shire
Vintage tractors and machinery on video - hard at work ploughing, trenching and bringing in the harvest. Featuring a Fowler Gyrotiller, U-frame Wallis, Massey-Harris Universal Tractor, Maclaren Mobile Windlass, Vickers Aussie and many more. DVD009

Fordson 500
Over 1000 Fordson tractors gathered at a never to be repeated event. Features vintage machines parading, and static, with demonstrations of modern Fordson machinery. DVD010

Marshall Tractors
A video packed full of tractors and machinery at work in Lincolnshire, UK. Includes a range of machines ploughing, a Marshall steam engine, stationary engines and tractor driver threshing drums. Also features the series II Anniversary. DVD015

Marshall 150
The 150th Anniversary was celebrated at the Gainsborough Works with a gathering of machines and enthusiasts, coming together for what may be the last time. Includes all types of Marshall machinery and archive film from 1951. DVD011

Harvest at Casterton
A celebration of how the most important job in farming has changed during the 20th Century. Includes four threshing sets, veteran Massey-Harris and Allis Chalmers combines, 1930's International harvester and many more. DVD006

International Tractors and Machinery
A special feature of International Tractors including more than 150 Internationals, McCormick and Deering machines gathered at the 1998 Carrington Rally. Includes a Super BTD6 and many more. DVD018

Massey Harris 150
The 150th Anniversary tribute to Massey Harris, held at Carrington Rally, Lincs. Features a three wheeled Bull, an agricultural twin and Frank Perkins personal tractor! DVD017

Carry on Carrington
Working equipment was one of the highlights of the 40th Anniversary event, and miniature cameras fitted to some of the tackle give stunning working pictures. 'Carry On' star Barbara Windsor opened Carrington Rally 1999. DVD055

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