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Country Manners

1952 , Essex (County)

Cat no. 556

The ill effects of tourism on the countryside.

A peaceful country scene. A farmer leans on a gate and surveys his farm. There are cattle grazing and fields of oats and barley waving gently in the breeze. He addresses the camera to wonder aloud; what will Saturday and Sunday bring? The film answers his question. People are seen arriving in the countryside by train, leaving the station, by bus, by cycle and by car. There are shots of children and adults playing in a field. The film then shows the scenes after they and other people have left. On the field there is litter everywhere, cans as well as paper. Cows are in the road. There are gaps in the hedges and the crops are trampled underfoot. A ewe lies dying and a straw stack smoulders following a fire. The farmer takes the viewer back to show how these disasters were caused. A family picnics by the straw stack and a boy discards a glass lemonade bottle. A couple leave a gate open. An oil barrel has been rolled through a field and people have been walking through the crops. A woman walking her border collie has let him off the lead and he has chased the sheep. Returning to the lemonade bottle, this has lain in the sun and begun a fire that has destroyed a straw stack.

Keywords

Countryside; Tourism

Manifestations

Country Manners

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    INV392135
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:09
    Modification Date
    25/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734374
  • Barcode
    INV357330
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:09
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    725073
  • Barcode
    INV379034
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:09
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724279
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV368892
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:09
    Modification Date
    20/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    712449
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV493330
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:07:12
    Modification Date
    18/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    712277
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV226344
    Canonical Identifier
    2011/16
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    bw
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:06:06
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    02/02/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    701481
    Sound
    sound
    Sound System
    optical
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV433317
    Canonical Identifier
    A-173
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656072
    Sound
    sound
    Sound System
    variable area
  • Barcode
    INV??1571
    Canonical Identifier
    B-335
    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
    562446
    Sound
    sound

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