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Market

1950 , Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk)

Cat no. 720

A local record of the farming and village life around Bury St. Edmunds and its market.

The film opens with shots of a thatched farmhouse and of chickens in the farmyard. Shots of the village of Kersey showing thatched and timbered buildings. There Aerial views of the village. A horse and cart is filmed travelling on the road. A car passes. Back on the farm there are scenes from the milking shed. A man and women show some horses to the camera. Shots of a horse being shoed. Shots of Lavenham, showing old timbered buildings, and the market place. At Bury St. Edmunds, market stalls are set up. People shopping around the market. At the livestock market there are shots of pigs, goats and sheep. Animals are unloaded from lorries. There are shots of spectators around the market. These include women taking children to see the animals as well as farmers. There are shots of animals in pens. At the end of the film there are brief harvest scenes.

Keywords

Architecture; Farm animals; Livestock markets; Village life

Other Places

Kersey; Lavenham

Manifestations

Market

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