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Work And Play

1950 , Occold (Suffolk)

Cat no. 926

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Scenes of the Rush family of St Catherine's Hall, Occold, at work on the harvest, and having fun at the seaside

The film features 'Pop' Rush, Nancy Rush, their children Margaret and Johnny, and Carrie Abbott. A man crank-starts a tractor and cuts corn while children ride on the vehicle. Nancy operates the binder the tractor is pulling and a spaniel plays in the corn. 'Pop' drives the tractor and an older boy operates the binder. At 'fourses', the workers have a break at the edge of a field. Four men pitchfork straw into a wagon pulled by a single horse. Two men topload the straw into place while the children ride on the horse. The wagon is unloaded onto a threshing machine. 'Pop' fills, ties and transports a sack in a barrow and then hoists it up on a winch. Finally, a boy rides on a horse pulling another loaded wagon. The 'play' sequence shows the family on a stony beach, blowing up a rubber boat and changing into their bathing costumes. The film ends with the family sitting floating in the boat.

Keywords

Agriculture; Family life; Farming; Farm machinery; Farm labourers; Harvesting

Background Information

George Wilden, the filmmaker, owned a newsagents' shop in Bury Street, Stowmarket, where he also developed and printed customer's photographs. Mr. Wilden made many local films using his own 16mm camera, including this one for the Rush family.

Manifestations

Work And Play

  • Barcode
    INV357541
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Modification Date
    07/08/2018
    Parts
    Reference
    747317
  • Barcode
    INV339789
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Modification Date
    07/08/2018
    Parts
    Reference
    747316
  • Barcode
    INV346869
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Modification Date
    07/08/2018
    Parts
    Reference
    747315
  • Barcode
    INV344938
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DNxHD 185x 10bit digital
    Dimension
    Modification Date
    31/07/2018
    Parts
    Reference
    747302
  • Barcode
    INV385380
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DPX 10bit Log digital
    Dimension
    Modification Date
    18/07/2018
    Parts
    Reference
    747284
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV179806
    Canonical Identifier
    S 555
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Digibeta tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    03/11/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    677106
  • 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
    INV181832
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 1501
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Digibeta tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    12/08/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    675590
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV179248
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 757
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    28/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    674012
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV??3825
    Canonical Identifier
    1990/3
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    565880
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV??3530
    Canonical Identifier
    1990/3
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    neg
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    565574
  • Barcode
    INV249203
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-839
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563903
  • Barcode
    INV??1941
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-402
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563476
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV228569
    Canonical Identifier
    A-269
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    561185
    Sound
    silent

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