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Boxted Hall Farm Scenes

1925 , Boxted (Essex)

Cat no. 709

A home movie showing a farm during the transition period from horse to tractor power, with special attention to the labourers who work on the farm.

A farm worker with a horse in a country lane. Another worker drives a horse and cart. A man, possibly the foreman, stops to talk to him. In the farmyard, the Blewitt family: Guy Blewitt and his wife Audrey and Denise Blewitt, wife of the film maker. There are pets and some of the farm workers. A man drives up in a Trojan van. General scenes around the farm include a man driving a horse-drawn water cart, the feeding of pigs and piglets, workers in a field with a tractor, and a shepherd leading sheep along a country lane. In the farm yard, the farmer rides his bike towards the camera and stops to pose. The cows return along the lane for milking. Other scenes depict a horse-drawn hoe, a tractor-drawn harrow and a steam-powered threshing machine. Men are at work round the thresher, and a Scottie dog hunts for rats in the straw. Sacks of grain are lifted up onto a cart. The threshing team line up for the camera and remove their caps.

Keywords

Agricultural workers; Farming

Background Information

In a commentary provided for the East Anglian Film Archive in 1996 Mr. James Blewitt explained that his father and uncle bought the farms in 1922. There were two good houses. They introduced tractors very early on. Ralph Blewitt was a territorial Army officer and had been introduced to tractors via this. The van was used for taking the milk to the diary in Colchester. In 1925, 23 men and boys worked on the farm and they employed a farm carpenter; in 1996 there were 2. The horses used here were Suffolk Punches.

Manifestations

Boxted Hall Farm Scenes

  • Barcode
    INV393840
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:08:04
    Modification Date
    24/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734307
  • Barcode
    INV331545
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:08:04
    Modification Date
    20/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    726545
  • Barcode
    INV325334
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:08:04
    Modification Date
    20/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    726493
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV375595
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:05:10
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    710714
  • Barcode
    INV445627
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-1489
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    bw
    Colour Type
    bw
    Duration
    0:06:00
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    06/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    707210
    Sound
    silent
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV235497
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:05:10
    Modification Date
    13/09/2010
    Parts
    Reference
    691486
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV159034
    Canonical Identifier
    S 156
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    15/08/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    675989
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV173992
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 730
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    24/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673844
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV180120
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 712
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    23/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673807
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV175944
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 305
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    22/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673239
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV166877
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 123
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    22/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    672927
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV279129
    Canonical Identifier
    A-202
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656233
  • Barcode
    INV304529
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-797
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:08:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563308
  • Barcode
    INV257475
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-796
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:08:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563307
  • Barcode
    INV305565
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-147
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:08:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563306
  • Barcode
    INV??1636
    Canonical Identifier
    B-527
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    negative
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562516
    Sound
    silent
  • Barcode
    INV223251
    Canonical Identifier
    B-394
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562515
    Sound
    silent

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