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Milling

1949 , Beccles (Suffolk)

Cat no. 346

A short, educational film showing the process of mechanically milling wheat into flour.

This film begins with a lorry on a country lane, carrying the wheat to the mill. The lorry enters the gates and the flour is unloaded.

Featured Buildings

Green's Castle Roller Flour Mill

Keywords

Factory; Mill; Wheat

Background Information

The Mill was in St. Anne's Road, Beccles. It was knocked down in the mid-1970s. A housing estate, known as Beech Tree Close and Greenway was built on the site.Messers Walter Green of Beccles ... decided to have a silo that would bear comparison with the best ... Their new silo is of 2,200 quarters capacity, and it consists of eight large bins of 180 quarters capacity and eight small bins of 90 quarters each approximately. These are contained in a re-inforced concrete shall, 48 feet long, 18 feet wide and 51 feet high - the bin space being 50 feet in height and the bins 39 feet deep. (From Milling, June 9th, 1934.) Between 1922 and 1936, Green's Flour Mills won 4 silver cups and 47 medals at the Bakers' and Confectioners' Exhibition. In 1936, the company won first prize in three classes, winning the Milling Cup and two gold medals.

Manifestations

Milling

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    INV372157
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:50
    Modification Date
    20/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734106
  • Barcode
    INV384563
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:50
    Modification Date
    20/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734105
  • Barcode
    INV359687
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:50
    Modification Date
    20/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734103
  • Barcode
    INV337172
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:43
    Modification Date
    18/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734078
  • Barcode
    INV341448
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:02:43
    Modification Date
    18/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734069
  • Barcode
    INV??1460
    Canonical Identifier
    B-418
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identification Notes
    Picture: combined optical (data migration 25/06/2021)
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562326
    Sound
    sound
  • Barcode
    INV??1459
    Canonical Identifier
    B-180
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identification Notes
    Picture: combined optical (data migration 25/06/2021)
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562325
    Sound
    sound
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV220978
    Canonical Identifier
    A-464
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identification Notes
    Picture: combined (data migration 25/06/2021)
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    561140
    Sound
    sound
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV??0456
    Canonical Identifier
    A-594
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identification Notes
    Picture: combined (data migration 25/06/2021)
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    560981
    Sound
    sound
  • Sequence Details:
    • Group 1:
      • Part Number: 4
      • Parts Unit: Episode

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