English Harvest (1938)

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  • Description

    This early Dufaycolor documentary from Humphrey Jennings focuses on an August harvest in Sawston, Cambridgeshire. The old makes way for the new as the trusty old scythe bows down to the horse-drawn binder and plough. Hard work, flat caps and pipes abound as we see the workers downing midday ale for sustenance and taking a break at 5 to sit in the fields for a cup of tea brought to them by their wives. The 'playground of the town' and 'workshop of the country', alias the great British countryside, has never looked better. All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections

  • Owner

    BFI

  • Source

    BFI (Youtube)

  • License

    What does this mean? Standard Youtube License

  • Further information

    Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyzAIkMwrg
    Resource type: Video
    Last modified: 7 years, 10 months ago
    Viewed: 640 times
    Picture Taken: Unknown

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