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The Bernard Matthews Story

1961 , Great Witchingham (Norfolk)

Cat no. 786

A promotional film detailing the rearing and processing of turkeys on the Bernard Matthews' farm.

Beginning with the buying of a turkey in a shop, the entire process of rearing turkeys for the domestic market is covered in this promotional film for Norfolk-born entrepreneur, Bernard Matthews. On the sites at Gt. Witchingham Hall and Weston Longville airfield, eggs are collected from both small coops and battery enclosures. Hatching takes place in incubators, and debeaking when the birds are one month old. There are shots the genetic research team at work. At the factory the turkeys are killed and prepared for packaging. In a domestic kitchen, a woman unpacks her turkey and prepares it for cooking. Finally, a chef carves a turkey and there are shots of wrapped birds.

Featured Buildings

Gt. Witchingham Hall

Keywords

Animal welfare; Factory farming; Industries; Turkeys

Background Information

Bernard Matthews started in business in the 1950s. Historical information from www.bernardmatthews.com: "Grown from the hard work of Norfolk-born Bernard Matthews, who started the business with just 20 turkey eggs, Bernard Matthews Farms now employs more than 2000 people and farms over 7 million turkeys each year" [as at April 2011]

Manifestations

The Bernard Matthews Story

  • Barcode
    INV355932
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:26:42
    Modification Date
    27/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    730154
  • Barcode
    INV344334
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:26:42
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    725065
  • Barcode
    INV392996
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:26:42
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724455
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV366717
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:26:42
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    709767
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV364908
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:26:52
    Modification Date
    28/10/2010
    Parts
    Reference
    695578
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV176972
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 49
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    BetacamSP tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    21/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    672730
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV272015
    Canonical Identifier
    A-957
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    colour
    Dimension
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656291
    Sound
    sound
    Sound System
    variable area

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