The Combine Harvester

1949 , Rickinghall (Suffolk)

Cat no. 491

Wheat production in East Anglia.

A Massey Harris tanker combine harvesting a field of wheat. The harvester stands in the field and a farm worker points out the parts of the machine as they are mentioned by the commentary. He then climbs onto the combine harvester and demonstrates the machine in action. The commentary explains the various processes over general shots of the combine in the field. The bulk grain is transferred to a converted tumbrill pulled by a Ferguson tractor. At the farm a lorry carrying sacks of grain tips its load into the mechanical dryer. Back in the field a wire bailer is seen in action in the field. Two of the operators of this are women.

Keywords

Agricultural machinery; Harvesting

Sponsor : Central Office of Information
Production company : Greenpark Films

Manifestations

The Combine Harvester

Sequence Details:
- Group 1:
  - Part Number: 3
  - Parts Unit: Episode

Genre: Agriculture / Documentary / Educational
Locations: Rickinghall (Suffolk)
Description Type: monographic
Related to: Wheat in East Anglia
Subject: wheat / combine harvesting / combine harvesters / baling

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